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there's counter forces too, ai might topple old corporate hierarchies and usher in more equitable flat management orgs, there's also worker coops, etc... I went

there's counter forces too, ai might topple old corporate hierarchies and usher in more equitable flat management orgs, there's also worker coops, etc... I went with mint mobile for instance because they at least seemed a bit aligned politically, that and I still respect Ryan Reynolds, not so sure what to think, now that TMobile bought it though. My point is where there's right wing themed or supporting businesses the will also be left wing, albeit the left is more ideological, so the right might get further faster because they used old school capitalism where the left will be more pragmatic and focusing on how to create a more balanced equitable co-op structure that's merges aspects of socialism and capitalism.

giraffe_lady 3y ago
Your second paragraph is really interesting and I feel like there are several misunderstandings derived from a flat american left-right political understanding that doesn't really map. The first is when you say "left wing" you probably mean something more like liberal democrats, which are not meaningfully leftist in a global context and not as far left as the american right is far right. Something like the black panther party or sandinistas is left wing, and more or less necessarily incompatible with the sort of engaged business-centric capitalism you're expecting. You can have a thin blue line bank but not a redistributionist one you see what I'm saying? To the extent something like that exists it is just left-themed, which definitely do already exist, and will eventually collapse under its commitment to capitalism and become functionally like any other agency in its domain. The second is that it's probably not true that the left is more ideological than the right. Both groups will believe this about the other probably, and I certainly have my opinion. But for example undermining a high-value public good merely to deny access to an opposed group is a classic right-wing tactic that is deeply ideologically motivated. The right's ideology especially around economics & money tends to be a lot closer to the mainstream of american culture. This is a distinct advantage in business! Again, a thin blue line bank has no ideological inconsistency and may thrive in the right environment.

giraffe_lady 3y ago

Your second paragraph is really interesting and I feel like there are several misunderstandings derived from a flat american left-right political understanding that doesn't really map. The first is when you say "left wing" you probably mean something more like liberal democrats, which are not meaningfully leftist in a global context and not as far left as the american right is far right. Something like the black panther party or sandinistas is left wing, and more or less necessarily incompatible with the sort of engaged business-centric capitalism you're expecting. You can have a thin blue line bank but not a redistributionist one you see what I'm saying? To the extent something like that exists it is just left-themed, which definitely do already exist, and will eventually collapse under its commitment to capitalism and become functionally like any other agency in its domain. The second is that it's probably not true that the left is more ideological than the right. Both groups will believe this about the other probably, and I certainly have my opinion. But for example undermining a high-value public good merely to deny access to an opposed group is a classic right-wing tactic that is deeply ideologically motivated. The right's ideology especially around economics & money tends to be a lot closer to the mainstream of american culture. This is a distinct advantage in business! Again, a thin blue line bank has no ideological inconsistency and may thrive in the right environment.