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I have this hope that in a few hundred years when we look back at this stage of history, and in particular look back at this absurd level of economic inequality
by andreyk 5y ago
I have this hope that in a few hundred years when we look back at this stage of history, and in particular look back at this absurd level of economic inequality, it will seem about as silly as having kings or emperors be the basis of our political systems. Not in the sense that it does not make sense historically, but in the sense that it is utterly archaic and obviously both irrational and unfair, and will never again be the case.
- gpspake 5y agoI hope so too. The disappointing revelation that follows those reveries is that, if it does come to pass, we won't be around to see it. It reminds me of Why We Can't Wait by Dr. King... >Time itself is neutral; it can be used either destructively or constructively. More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of men willing to work to be co-workers with God, and without this hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the forces of social stagnation. We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., Why We Can't Wait
- deviledeggs 5y agoIt's a repeat of the gilded age about 100 years ago. Unions are dead, gig jobs get around the worker protections that took us 80 years to win. The gap between the richest and the rest is as big as it was then. We need labor to rise up again and antitrust these robber barons