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It's not a leap to realise that the past 20-30 years has seen an increasingly accelerating trend of wealth concentration on the top. The scraps being left on th
by piva00 4y ago
It's not a leap to realise that the past 20-30 years has seen an increasingly accelerating trend of wealth concentration on the top. The scraps being left on the table for the rest of us are slowly dwindling while the system actively fights any reasonable voice trying to bring these social issues to the table.
We live in a world of abundance where kids in developed countries (UK, US) still go hungry, and it got worse in the past 10 years.
I don't think most left-ish people like me are asking to a return of 19th/early-20th century economic models, we are asking for a return of social democratic values over the hegemony of markets and finance. It's not that hard to imbue some humanity back unto an amoral system, we know now through empiric experience that pricing simply has not taken into account human suffering and externalities wreaking havoc into our environments, we just look for more humane ways for markets to function. Left to their own devices markets will only seek profits, at all costs, we, the people and workers, are the ones who can steer it into boundaries where profit-seeking isn't, ultimately, life-destroying.
- Eisenstein 4y agoThe top level comment I was replying to was about removing all economic regulation. I'm not sure how that turned into 'social democratic values' but that's what you were replying to me replying to.
- piva00 4y agoSorry, I got lost in the comment thread and thought your reply was to something else. Honest mistake but I will keep my soapboxing-ish comment up as I believe there is some value for other readers.
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- piva00 4y agoYou can read more in multiple articles like this [1] and associations like this [2]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/25/schools-in-england-warn-of-crisis-of-heartbreaking-rise-in-hungry-children https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/25/schools-in-... [2] https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/child-hunger-facts https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/child-hunge... Edit: did you really create a whole new smurf account just to reply to me in multiple threads? And just to keep asking questions instead of refuting anything I said?