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>Ultimately he is advocating for a political solution for what he believes is an economic problem. >Three policy proposals: >A 500% tax on advertising. [...]
by istinetz 5y ago
>Ultimately he is advocating for a political solution for what he believes is an economic problem.
>Three policy proposals:
>A 500% tax on advertising. [...]
>1% tax on the full amount of every trade. [...]
How is that a "political solution to an economic problem"? What would a non political solution look like to you? Why is it bad that it's a political solution to an economic problem? If it works, it works.
- beepbooptheory 5y agoA non political solution would be the transition away from capitalism to a different kind of relation between labor and society. It should be clear at this point that capitalism can tolerate a pretty broad spectrum of political arrangements, from 'socialist' countries to dictatorships, and especially everything in between. You can change your frontend to be all kinds of ways, and that will create vastly different user experiences. But at the end of the day we are still tied to the backend, the infrastructure, the "business logic".
- JKCalhoun 5y agoI'm not sure how you transition away from capitalism without government involvement? Some kind of "people's movement" to embrace, oh, I don't know, coops?
- beepbooptheory 5y agoWell the actual implementation of it is totally separate from understanding the requirements. Its not clear, at this point, it will ever actually happen, but that doesn't itself speak to the main point, that there is a fundamental separation. and either way, you will find history is full of events where people act outside of their current political world in order to change it!