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You think evil requires intention? I have no idea what "model" you might be talking about. On HN we are often downvoted for cautioning against unwarranted assu
by jessaustin 6y ago
You think evil requires intention? I have no idea what "model" you might be talking about.
On HN we are often downvoted for cautioning against unwarranted assumption. Meanwhile elaborate theories that just happen to affirm how great life is for everyone we care about in this best of all possible worlds are quite popular. In 2020. Good grief.
The fact that no politicians campaign in a way that would appeal to most citizens is no surprise. Our congress passed the trillion-dollar covid bailouts (that contained nothing to help normal citizens get health care) nearly unanimously.
- aksss 6y agoEvil is ironically done with the best of intentions. For the record - the federal bailout helped many business owners I know personally keep people on the payroll, and many unemployed friends (from food service and travel industry) able to keep paying their rent. With COVID’s 99% survivability rate for most of the working population, I think those benefits took priority over a healthcare stipend. Not trashing the idea of fixing healthcare at all, but given a limited bag of cash and choices to make, keeping people housed and fed en masse is arguably higher on the priority list than a healthcare half measure (if that).
- jessaustin 6y agoI begrudge no small business anything they got. What they got, however, pales in comparison to the "open the Fed" measures that gave all the big guys access to trillions of dollars of "free" capital. Just as in the last recession, this giant transfer from the public to the assholes will destroy small firms and reward 2B2F firms.