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Article says (with caveats) that Canada, Sweden, and Austraila are the early adopters. Of these I'm only familiar with Canada, in which the economy revolves en
by version_five 3y ago
Article says (with caveats) that Canada, Sweden, and Austraila are the early adopters.
Of these I'm only familiar with Canada, in which the economy revolves entirely around government spending, with a few quasi-government oligopolies thrown in (banks and utilities that also have effective taxation power). This kind of administration heavy system is exactly where these ideas proliferate. They are all about exerting power over others, and in a bureaucracy that's disconnected from the real world they are a great way to jockey for power, so it's not surprising to see canada as a leader. No idea if this holds for the other two.
- maga_2020 3y agoI am thinking that the 3 countries you had mentioned are the 'vanguard' of the 'isms' in the western world, not because the populous there initiated these ideas -- but because these places are chosen to be the 'test grounds'. Sort of like it is easier to have biolabs or other testing facilities, in other places... to test out how those yet-to-be-fully-backed ideas will work out, without incurring costs of a 'blowback' in the financially-and-election sensitive places.. After all, the introduction of laws, the supporting 'academic research', and other elements -- will need to be built out... Cashless society is another idea that will be implemented in the 3 places you mentioned, first.
- version_five 3y agoI definitely agree for Canada. A docile population that doesn't care much about anything, and the weird feudal / aristocratic corporate structure we have, rather than any real representative democracy. I understand Australia is similar but don't know first hand.