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This is a such an epic situation that I'm sure we'll be talking about for the rest of our lives. Pick two or three groups to save: workers, landlords, bankers,

This is a such an epic situation that I'm sure we'll be talking about for the rest of our lives. Pick two or three groups to save: workers, landlords, bankers, or businesses? Not everyone can be saved, and the political positioning of these classes makes this battle all the more impactful. This author chooses to sacrifice the banks and the landlords, and makes a pretty good case for why. The wrong answer could spell the end of capitalism, at least as we understand it today. Maybe "wrong" isn't the correct word here, I don't know. I've never seen such huge decisions laid bare like this before.

joeraut 6y ago
> This is a such an epic situation that I'm sure we'll be talking about for the rest of our lives. The word "epic" is overused a lot - but not here. It's chilling to think about how historically significant each passing day is going to be.
amiga_500 6y ago
Workers. Businesses. The UK doesn't really have capitalism, it has financialisation.
seph-reed 6y ago
This is a bit off-topic, but I've been wanting to speak it for a while... >The wrong answer could spell the end of capitalism I've been seeing a lot of Capitalism/Socialism stuff, and 100% of the time it feels like the concepts aren't fully developed in the speakers mind. They aren't binary opposites, they're gradient opposites. Essentially private vs public empowerment. If I trade vegetables with my neighbor, that's private and therefor capitalist. If the gov builds a road, that's public and therefor socialist. If you add up everything the people and their government do, you'll find where things are on the spectrum. Every single government is a mix of capitalist and socialist. You literally can not have so much as a tribe before the two begin to exist. Neither of them are going away ever, and they're both good for different things. Literally the only way for capitalism or socialism to end would be for there to be no communicating humans left.

joeraut 6y ago

> This is a such an epic situation that I'm sure we'll be talking about for the rest of our lives. The word "epic" is overused a lot - but not here. It's chilling to think about how historically significant each passing day is going to be.

amiga_500 6y ago

Workers. Businesses. The UK doesn't really have capitalism, it has financialisation.

seph-reed 6y ago

This is a bit off-topic, but I've been wanting to speak it for a while... >The wrong answer could spell the end of capitalism I've been seeing a lot of Capitalism/Socialism stuff, and 100% of the time it feels like the concepts aren't fully developed in the speakers mind. They aren't binary opposites, they're gradient opposites. Essentially private vs public empowerment. If I trade vegetables with my neighbor, that's private and therefor capitalist. If the gov builds a road, that's public and therefor socialist. If you add up everything the people and their government do, you'll find where things are on the spectrum. Every single government is a mix of capitalist and socialist. You literally can not have so much as a tribe before the two begin to exist. Neither of them are going away ever, and they're both good for different things. Literally the only way for capitalism or socialism to end would be for there to be no communicating humans left.