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Guide to implement neo-feudalism: 1. Remove all trade barriers, allowing corporations to outsource all low skill manufacturing jobs and ship back the finished

Guide to implement neo-feudalism: 1. Remove all trade barriers, allowing corporations to outsource all low skill manufacturing jobs and ship back the finished product with no consequences 2. Don't enforce border laws, allowing the remaining low skill jobs that weren't offshored to be taken by illegal immigrants with no federal labor protection, forcing native citizens to go for higher education if they don't want to accept 3rd world wages 3. Create a student loan program that doesn't allow debt to be discharged and allows colleges to continually increase prices, resulting in skyrocketing tuition costs, turning your citizens into debt slaves and driving down skilled wages due to the flood of college graduates 4. Enjoy your increased profits as the middle class dies and is replaced by a two tier society of elites and plebes. The current system has been created by corrupt politicians and the rich who have bought them. Productivity has increased but all the wealth is going to the rich because of current broken free trade laws allowing infinite labor arbitrage. Nobody wants to hear it but the only reason people vote for anti-establishment candidates like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump is because the establishment is failing the people.

exabrial 8y ago
#3 could also be solved by not having the government back student loans and allow creditors to decide risk on things like your major, your GPA, or your class attendance record, but that would be insanely politically incorrect. Essentially you're either given an amount that your career will pay for, or you have to choose a major that will pay for an amount that you desire.
- kevinali1 8y ago
  I'd call this shitty, but certainly not politically incorrect.
- nickthemagicman 8y ago
  Education is one of the most important things a country needs to keep a free society, educated workforce, and booming economy... Why capitalism is involved I have no idea. Ignorant people favor simple political messages...which is one reason certain groups of politicians put education immediately on the chopping block.
  - cinquemb 8y ago
    It will be great when individuals learn to not conflate institutionalized schooling with education; they may overlap in the best of times, but stick you with a raw deal if one is made to think they must take out a bunch of un-dischargable debt in order to pursue knowledge… Though that will never happen, masses of people will always seek the easy solutions that fill the void, and opportunists will be willing to sell them it along the way.
    - Retric 8y ago
      It’s really not about education it’s about credentials. Workers who can decide to stop playing that game.
      - cinquemb 8y ago
        > It’s really not about education it’s about credentials. Credentialisim, yes, even better… The trite Robin Hanson argument goes "X is not actually about X", where here X is education.[0] >It’s really not workers who can decide to stop playing that game. It's about people making choices. A lot of people choosing to go in debt without realistic options to pay it off, a lot of people thinking un-dishcharable debt by the federal government is a good thing, and a lot of people thinking they must enforce the above because reasons. [0] http://www.overcomingbias.com/2016/04/who-wants-school.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2016/04/who-wants-school.html
        Retric 8y ago
        Interesting, but it’s missing the human factor. People that gather credentials have incentives to make them more important. You can look at how quickly the MBA took off as a product of many things. But a huge factor is MBA programs convincing people taking them to higher other MBA’s. Or how lawyers have made it illegal for people without the right credentials from practicing law.
        cinquemb 8y ago
sjg007 8y ago
Hate to break it to you but Trump ain’t gonna help us unless it makes him rich.
- mslip 8y ago
  Not sure how you interpreted that as the point he/she was trying to make.
  - sjg007 8y ago
    Trump is an establishment guy. At a minimum he needs the establishment to protect the republicans so he can protect himself.
arvinsim 8y ago
This is already on the way in the 3rd world country where I live.
godzillabrennus 8y ago
5.) Make it legal to form a PAC that can take unlimited money from any entity or person globally and spend it on politicians to ensure the cycle of wealthy people doesn’t break. 6.) Watch socialism and communism become more interesting systems of governance again as more people are frustrated.

exabrial 8y ago

#3 could also be solved by not having the government back student loans and allow creditors to decide risk on things like your major, your GPA, or your class attendance record, but that would be insanely politically incorrect. Essentially you're either given an amount that your career will pay for, or you have to choose a major that will pay for an amount that you desire.

kevinali1 8y ago
I'd call this shitty, but certainly not politically incorrect.
nickthemagicman 8y ago
Education is one of the most important things a country needs to keep a free society, educated workforce, and booming economy... Why capitalism is involved I have no idea. Ignorant people favor simple political messages...which is one reason certain groups of politicians put education immediately on the chopping block.
- cinquemb 8y ago
  It will be great when individuals learn to not conflate institutionalized schooling with education; they may overlap in the best of times, but stick you with a raw deal if one is made to think they must take out a bunch of un-dischargable debt in order to pursue knowledge… Though that will never happen, masses of people will always seek the easy solutions that fill the void, and opportunists will be willing to sell them it along the way.
  - Retric 8y ago
    It’s really not about education it’s about credentials. Workers who can decide to stop playing that game.
    - cinquemb 8y ago
      > It’s really not about education it’s about credentials. Credentialisim, yes, even better… The trite Robin Hanson argument goes "X is not actually about X", where here X is education.[0] >It’s really not workers who can decide to stop playing that game. It's about people making choices. A lot of people choosing to go in debt without realistic options to pay it off, a lot of people thinking un-dishcharable debt by the federal government is a good thing, and a lot of people thinking they must enforce the above because reasons. [0] http://www.overcomingbias.com/2016/04/who-wants-school.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2016/04/who-wants-school.html
      - Retric 8y ago
        Interesting, but it’s missing the human factor. People that gather credentials have incentives to make them more important. You can look at how quickly the MBA took off as a product of many things. But a huge factor is MBA programs convincing people taking them to higher other MBA’s. Or how lawyers have made it illegal for people without the right credentials from practicing law.
        cinquemb 8y ago

sjg007 8y ago

Hate to break it to you but Trump ain’t gonna help us unless it makes him rich.

mslip 8y ago
Not sure how you interpreted that as the point he/she was trying to make.
- sjg007 8y ago
  Trump is an establishment guy. At a minimum he needs the establishment to protect the republicans so he can protect himself.

arvinsim 8y ago

This is already on the way in the 3rd world country where I live.

godzillabrennus 8y ago

5.) Make it legal to form a PAC that can take unlimited money from any entity or person globally and spend it on politicians to ensure the cycle of wealthy people doesn’t break. 6.) Watch socialism and communism become more interesting systems of governance again as more people are frustrated.