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By what measure? Don’t we have the strongest, most productive economy in human history? What exactly is the problem, and what is your proposed fix?

• danaris 4y ago
  The problem is many people don't have enough money to pay rent, put food on the table, and keep the house heated...while a small number of other people are so concerned that their dollar-denominated high score might not go up quite as high, they demand that the first people be sent to die in the streets so the companies the second group have investments in don't have to pay them anymore. edit: whoops, forgot your second question My proposed fix...is complicated, because there is no simple solution. We need a cultural shift to value people's lives and dignity more than money and profit, and I don't know how to make that happen. In terms of slightly more actionable things...we need a universal basic income, ultimately. In the shorter term, we need stronger and more widespread unions, better legal protections for workers' rights (and much more effective penalties for companies that violate those rights), and a stronger safety net. Just in terms of this thread? What we need is more compassion. Recognizing that when you're asked not to talk about firing thousands of people in such flippant and dismissive terms as "trimming the fat," it's not because your rights to free speech are being eroded, but because you're being asked to care about other people's lives more than you care about adding more zeroes to your investment account balance. Or at least care about them enough not to publicly talk about them as being worthless "fat".