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This view is crazy to me, at a time where the government just massively mismanaged almost every aspect of a pandemic, decimating the economy in the process, you
by ericmcer 4y ago
This view is crazy to me, at a time where the government just massively mismanaged almost every aspect of a pandemic, decimating the economy in the process, you want them to control every aspect of your life, to the point where they are responsible for providing food and shelter for you while you do art. Surely they can’t mess that up in any way.
- upsidesinclude 4y agoIt isn't crazy, it's idiotic. There's a delusional trap people fall into and can't see or think themselves out of it. Most of these people, that I have met, aren't even productive at 'art' or their jobs, whatever they may be. It's always "if only"... then they would do all the things they claim
- gopher_space 4y agoStarve the Beast starts to break down when you get into the details.
- atdrummond 4y agoThe comment you’re replying to didn’t say anything about government spending or budget - they were speaking to the role of government in our lives, which can be very much orthogonal to how much said government costs to run.