RE: The Future of Democracy
March 11, 2022 at 11:59 am
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2022 at 12:05 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Our current state and societal debt is easily explained as a disastrous flirtation with ethno-socialism. A vast network of grift...but, you know, only for the right kind of people.
Or, as others put it - socialism for the rich... rugged individualism for the poor. Many of the right kind of people, even, are cut off from programs for fear that any plan to address their concerns might..accidentally, give purchase to the feared other.
@Boru - it might seem like gibberish because it's a response to a gibberish situation. Think of it like this. Some people believe that you should spend money solving societal issues. I think we should make money doing it. We're already footing the bill (and more)....but we have yet to receive the goods promised. There is no reason that the prosperity of any one of us has to be necessarily in opposition to the prosperity of all of us. We've been thinking about this as a zero sum game for too long - and it shows.
Or, as others put it - socialism for the rich... rugged individualism for the poor. Many of the right kind of people, even, are cut off from programs for fear that any plan to address their concerns might..accidentally, give purchase to the feared other.
@Boru - it might seem like gibberish because it's a response to a gibberish situation. Think of it like this. Some people believe that you should spend money solving societal issues. I think we should make money doing it. We're already footing the bill (and more)....but we have yet to receive the goods promised. There is no reason that the prosperity of any one of us has to be necessarily in opposition to the prosperity of all of us. We've been thinking about this as a zero sum game for too long - and it shows.
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