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That’s a Holocaust reference. How in the world is that appropriate to bring up in a discussion about fixing inequality?
by avgcorrection 4y ago
That’s a Holocaust reference. How in the world is that appropriate to bring up in a discussion about fixing inequality?
- candiddevmike 4y agoHistory has shown that inequality, when left unchecked, tends to "fix itself" by way of blaming others (race, sex, creed) for the inequality (Germany) or through terrible, bloody revolutions (France, Russia). The US passing the New Deal and focusing on improving the life of workers let the steam off the inequality pressure cooker for a bit, and we need more of that now.
- avgcorrection 4y agoFascistic forces rise up when workers and hardliners like communists get active during times of inequality in order to protect capital from revolution. The New Deal is also something that can happen when the capitalists would rather resolve the situation peacefully than to lose everything. A New Deal won’t happen now because there aren’t enough actors who are forcing the hand of the capitalist class.