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I like social democracy. (I was just establishing the burden of proof, not taking a position.) I'm skeptical that America has enough social cohesion for such a

by natrius 11y ago

I like social democracy. (I was just establishing the burden of proof, not taking a position.) I'm skeptical that America has enough social cohesion for such a thing to be fully implemented here. Literacy and median wages are fine for the white majority, so we've got most of the trappings of a social democracy for white America. Why would Americans use the state to benefit all people when Americans aren't even willing to put agents of the state on trial when they kill unarmed black people?

iofj 11y ago
First thing that needs to happen to social cohesion in America is stopping focusing everything on race. Yes, minimum wage affects different races differently. But so does everything else. And one thing I'm pretty sure about : the rich are pushing down minimum wage for reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with race. Even if the people involved are racists, it still would have little to do with why this is happening. So race is absolutely not relevant to this discussion. The way this works is that money is being used to make a subgroup of our society desperate enough to do whatever a number of rich folks want them to do, no questions asked. Nobody really cares who's in this subgroup, as long as it's not them and they're sufficiently desperate. So can we please shut up about whether the amount of melanin in the upper epidermis of some subgroup of the poor is small, medium or large and start talking about the economics at work here ?
- natrius 11y ago
  The reason I mentioned race is because so many people around here want to ignore it. To ignore it is to ignore the reality that most Americans do not relate with minority groups. Bad news in a minority group is like bad news from the other side of the planet. If your solution to a problem requires unity, you probably need to find another solution. America is not united.
- ZeroGravitas 11y ago
  You seem to accept that the powerful elite will work to push down wages (broadly including providing healthcare and the modern social democratic benefits) but are ignoring the possibility that the quickest and easiest way for them to achieve this is to divide and conquer the poor by race, and its working beautifully for them.

by natrius 11y ago

iofj 11y ago

First thing that needs to happen to social cohesion in America is stopping focusing everything on race. Yes, minimum wage affects different races differently. But so does everything else. And one thing I'm pretty sure about : the rich are pushing down minimum wage for reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with race. Even if the people involved are racists, it still would have little to do with why this is happening. So race is absolutely not relevant to this discussion. The way this works is that money is being used to make a subgroup of our society desperate enough to do whatever a number of rich folks want them to do, no questions asked. Nobody really cares who's in this subgroup, as long as it's not them and they're sufficiently desperate. So can we please shut up about whether the amount of melanin in the upper epidermis of some subgroup of the poor is small, medium or large and start talking about the economics at work here ?

natrius 11y ago
The reason I mentioned race is because so many people around here want to ignore it. To ignore it is to ignore the reality that most Americans do not relate with minority groups. Bad news in a minority group is like bad news from the other side of the planet. If your solution to a problem requires unity, you probably need to find another solution. America is not united.
ZeroGravitas 11y ago
You seem to accept that the powerful elite will work to push down wages (broadly including providing healthcare and the modern social democratic benefits) but are ignoring the possibility that the quickest and easiest way for them to achieve this is to divide and conquer the poor by race, and its working beautifully for them.