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“we are seeing more opportunities than would have been there normally.” Disaster capitalism at its finest. So the future in fact does look bright for profiting
by devoply 7y ago
“we are seeing more opportunities than would have been there normally.”
Disaster capitalism at its finest. So the future in fact does look bright for profiting off the collapse where there will be another huge transfer of wealth to those with lots of capital laying around... from those who actually own productive assets and manage them.
- thatfrenchguy 7y agoOr the world will wake up and trial those people ?
- nanaboo 7y agocan't wait for it to happen. Tzar Russia and the French Revolution all over. except it won't be pitch and forks but high-tec weapons vs masses
- ithkuil 7y agoSince the current world order is a result of those events, I'm not that sure a power shift from an elite to another would solve anything else than just raw hatred towards the privileged few of the day. I'm more inclined to think that a more gradual and evolutionary approach to wellbeing and social justice can be more effective.
- pesmhey 7y agoYeah, it was truly a power shift from landed aristocrats to bankers, merchants, and lawyers. Poor people more-or-less stayed poor. And think of it, the entire French Revolution juxtaposed with the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism. I think you’re right. Progress is a marathon, every minute, every day. And it’s slow.
- drilldrive 7y agoYou may be underestimating the power of Guerilla warfare.
- Nasrudith 7y agoThose examples both ended way worse than the entity they replaced. Cheerleading for them is turkeys voting for Thanksgiving and psychopathic.
- mac01021 7y agoI don't think it really hurts anyone that investors are increasingly interested in backing R&D for Zika vaccines or electric cars.