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Why are you sure that this signifies a shifting of cultural capital to more civically and educationally worthwhile pursuits?
by Trill-I-Am 10y ago
Why are you sure that this signifies a shifting of cultural capital to more civically and educationally worthwhile pursuits?
- JumpCrisscross 10y ago> Why are you sure that this signifies a shifting of cultural capital to more civically and educationally worthwhile pursuits? The logic behind a carbon tax is it dissuades destructive behaviour. Implicit is that investors will choose better options. That is not because every carbon-tax redirected dollar will bear angels. It's just that burning coal is just so bad for us, almost anything else will be a step up. (Don't mean to make this partisan; feel free to substitute cigarette taxes or gun restrictions for a carbon tax.) Concussing (mostly) poor teenagers hoping for a short shot at the big life followed by guarantees neurological degradation is gladiatoresque in its macabre.
- 6stringmerc 10y agoAs a person with an insurance background, I think Malcom Gladwell put a good theory forward - eventually insurance won't underwrite football due to the violence. Schools won't have it at younger ages (brain issues), High Schools might save the money (other sports), and then the pipeline to the NFL gets a lot smaller. The quality of 'on the field' product would suffer. The empire contracts, life moves on. It's not necessarily that the cultural capital will go to worthwhile things, it's simply the removal of engaging in a perceived negative.