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Yeah, things are about to get worse. The newer generation wants equality of outcome and wealth (aka communism). They're enamored by income equality and climate
by systemvoltage 4y ago
Yeah, things are about to get worse. The newer generation wants equality of outcome and wealth (aka communism). They're enamored by income equality and climate which is just a complete subjectivism take over. You can do no little and you can always do more. We're here to shame you.
Asian countries have adopted what worked in the west: Capitalism and lifting people out of poverty at an unprecendented rate.
Those that complain about inequality are totally ok with not comparing themselves to someone in Bangladesh. To them, you look like a multi-millionaire. The hypocrisy is so blindingly bright, it is unbelievable.
None of the current zeitgeist has any reason, rationality and logic. It is subjectivism and post-modernism in its worst form. Biting off the hand that feeds them.
- mindslight 4y agoThe "newer generation" is reacting this way because there is no political alternative being offered. Speaking in terms of the US, where is the party that advocates fiscal responsibility? Not fake "fiscal responsibility" where the Fed gives away trillions of dollars in "loans" to the financial industry while politicians run interference by making a show about legislative spending, but actual fiscal responsibility that respects the inherently-distributed economy. It's been outside the Overton window since the everything-bubble was kicked off by the ending of the gold standard.
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- notch656a 4y agoThere are folks running for office that advocate for significantly less spending by the government as well as balanced fiscal discipline. People don't tend to vote for them.
- soco 4y agoWhy bother talking about them? They stand zero chances to be elected, not having one of the two parties behind them. I repeat, zero chances. Zero.
- mindslight 4y agoSure, candidates do exist sometimes. The deeper problem is the whole topic is swamped by the mainstream party that has claimed "fiscal responsibility" as part of their platform, while doing the exact opposite.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago>Biting off the hand that feeds them. You forgot to mention that the hand doing the feeding is attached to a body with another arm that’s picking the hungry masses pockets.
- systemvoltage 4y agoCan you give an example of that? How are big corporations ruining your life? What has TSMC or IBM has done to you? Where is the coercion and use of force?
- Aloha 4y agoI know someone who works for IBM, his healthcare costs more in real dollars than it did when he hired on, he gets at best infrequent raises and there's no more pension plan.
- systemvoltage 4y agoHow is that ruining his life though? Why didn't you account for the fact that IBM provided for his family for years? They are welcome to leave, we are not practicing slavery and the best part of at-will hiring is that you can fire your employer and find another job.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y agoDon’t know much about Tsmc. IBM is a rather terrible company though, between their incessant illegal discrimination, mass layoffs, near criminal monopolist behavior, etc. look at any large publicly traded company and the piles of skeletons behind them are shocking. you’ve shifted the goal posts from companies picking pockets (taking unwarranted profit, or worse) to making ruining lives. This isn’ta gotcha though, the state of capitalism is abysmal when we actually consider the crimes against humanity these corporations get away with every second of every day for the past hundred odd years.