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I'm not sure 3 follows. A walk downtown of any major city in America shows what society does for anyone who's work can't be commoditized or aren't sitting on a
by monocasa 4y ago
I'm not sure 3 follows. A walk downtown of any major city in America shows what society does for anyone who's work can't be commoditized or aren't sitting on an existing pile of wealth such that they don't need to work.
They get nothing but tents and shame.
- weatherlite 4y agoThat's because people like you and me (I'm assuming you're somewhere in the comfortable middle class) vote in for this system. Because so far we've enjoyed a reasonable quality of life. If that's no longer the case, we can vote for other leaders and other systems.
- monocasa 4y agoNot really unfortunately, the US hasn't been a democracy reflecting the collective will of it's voters for some time now. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746
- 1-hour-ago 4y agoBut people under stress might opt for a some sort of religeous acceptance of hardship, or a cult, or fascisim first. Where are the examples of the middle voting against the extremes when times get really hard?