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I'd call this liberal-communism. We just have to put our trust in benevolent billionaires to solve our problems for us with no oversight or democratic controls
by bbddg 9y ago
I'd call this liberal-communism. We just have to put our trust in benevolent billionaires to solve our problems for us with no oversight or democratic controls whatsoever. The idea that this is anything but an attempt to squeeze even more money out of the system for quite literally the richest people on Earth is naive. In Ohio, 10% of Amazon employees are on food stamps[1] while Bezos is worth over 100 billion dollars.
[1] https://www.policymattersohio.org/press-room/2018/01/05/more-ohio-amazon-workers-relying-on-food-aid https://www.policymattersohio.org/press-room/2018/01/05/more...
- ChrisClark 9y agoIsn't that just conservative-capitalism? Specifically the US Republicans? Get rid of regulations, lower taxes on corporations and billionaires and put our trust in benevolent billionaires to solve our problems for us with no oversight or democratic controls whatsoever.
- noobermin 9y agoHe probably means liberal as in inspired by classical liberalism. These days, the buzzword for it is neoliberalism.
- cremno 9y ago>liberal-communism What's next? Anarcho-Capitalism?
- Fnoord 9y ago> What's next? Anarcho-Capitalism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism
- stale2002 9y agoSqueezing money out of the system by paying less money to health insurance providers? Are you really going to argue that for profit insurance providers are more deserving of that money?
- bbddg 9y agoNo I would argue for a single payer system like Medicare for All.