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That was a poor phrasing on my part. What I meant to say was something along the line of, "people are willing to take big hits to see reforms take place". I d
by pcurve 10y ago
That was a poor phrasing on my part. What I meant to say was something along the line of, "people are willing to take big hits to see reforms take place".
I don't think their world is burning. With all the turmoils going on in parts of the globe, world-burning would be a hyperbolic characterization.
I do feel that it's been on a slow roast for the past 20 years, with temperature steadily rising each year. At some point, the situation becomes intolerable for critical mass, and people will jump out without looking; some not caring if it is straight into frying pan. I think we are there now.
I've never seen this level of frustration since the late 80s.
- kobeya 10y agoUsually putting corruption behind bars isn't described as "taking a big hit".
- Applejinx 10y agoI think the implication may be along the lines of 'the huge corporation will intentionally burn the world itself by way of taking the world hostage'. Due to the wildly overleveraged nature of capital it's not an idle threat: these entities may be in a position to go 'well then, if we suffer the slightest penalty we will trigger global/countrywide economic disaster' with some credibility. The overall economic system is anything but healthy, so the threat is legitimate. However, there comes a time people don't even care anymore, they just want to see something resembling justice. That point seemingly approaches.
- lightedman 10y ago"these entities may be in a position to go 'well then, if we suffer the slightest penalty we will trigger global/countrywide economic disaster' with some credibility" That's when we're supposed to step in and end their terrorist selves.