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The diagnosis is correct, but the prescription is lacking. His technical idea is fine, but this is a political issue that cannot be solved by technical means al
by yyyk 6y ago
The diagnosis is correct, but the prescription is lacking. His technical idea is fine, but this is a political issue that cannot be solved by technical means alone.
If any 'warlord' implemented Doctorow's idea, they'd just weaken themselves. Eventually the legal and financial incentives will ensure the 'warlord' returns to form or is replaced. There's no replacement for a political pressure campaign to make digital neofeudalism obsolete by changing the relevant laws.
- mistermann 6y ago> There's no replacement for a political pressure campaign to make digital neofeudalism obsolete by changing the relevant laws. https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/494602-poll-69-percent-of-voters-support-medicare-for-all https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/494602-pol... Sixty-nine percent of registered voters in the April 19-20 survey support providing medicare to every American, just down 1 percentage point from a Oct. 19-20, 2018 poll, and within the poll's margin of error. Support among independent voters was steady at 68 percent. However, support among Republican voters declined 6 percentage points over the course of two years, from 52 percent support in 2018 to 46 percent in 2020. I doubt you'll find many issues as fundamentally important and with as much bi-partisan support support as Medicare For all, and no politician is ever going to actually try to get that passed, despite what they may claim on TV or the campaign trail. I am afraid we will have to find a way to be content with the legislation that is chosen for us by the Reality TV political system we allowed to form while we weren't paying attention.