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No. It’s how the economy tells you what is valuable. Economy != society. In fact (in the US) we have a terrible economic system right now for our society, but i
by rubidium 6y ago
No. It’s how the economy tells you what is valuable. Economy != society. In fact (in the US) we have a terrible economic system right now for our society, but it seems to be better than anything else that’s been tried for large modern nation states.
- eru 6y agoOh, far from it. There are much more successful economic systems around than the US one. America oddities like government mortgage guarantees, or federal deposit insurance, or licensing for interior designers are not necessary, and in fact not good for the economy. Neither are pervasive price controls. The US would do better, if they moved to a more market based economy.
- rubidium 6y agoFYI I’m not talking about the narrow spectrum of more socialist to more free market republic/democratic capitalism. There’s plenty of details to debate there of course. I mean general range of human experiments in how to structure society: monarchy, feudalism, religious state, empire, full socialism/communism, fascism, etc...
- eru 6y agoOh, sure. Giving federalism a serious try might be interesting. So that you actually have 50 different governments in the US to fuel experiments.