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It's as simple as inequality - fix that and all this goes away We've seen this over and over and it's blatantly obvious what the problem is - too few people co
by AndrewKemendo 3y ago
It's as simple as inequality - fix that and all this goes away
We've seen this over and over and it's blatantly obvious what the problem is - too few people control the wealth of the world and that wealth is used to buy control and power in ways that continue to erode the power and comfort of the working class.
President Teddy Roosevelt, who died a socialist who wanted to live like his porters [1], led America at the turn of the century by attacking the robber barons, breaking the trusts, and generally crushing unethical business across the nation, leading the way for a revitalized society (he wasn't perfect but we're looking at the issue of oligarchies here).
I'm not sure that's possible anymore like that, and I think peaceful revolution inside the system is possible. We do it by building mutual voluntary employee owned cooperatives that create products and services and DENY the capital class the ability to continue to accrete wealth and power.
[1]https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/10/east-african-kingdom-theodore-roosevelt-00085962 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/10/east-afric...
- dash2 3y agoYou did not quote any evidence that inequality is linked to low birth rates. Not surprising, because as far as I know, there is none. There are many theories of why we have "lowest-low" fertility: * The gender transition has left women juggling jobs and family ("gender equity theory") [1] * Elite norms changed, originally among population planners, who pushed societies to lower their birth rate; [2] * Increasing individualism (the "second demographic transition") [3] Inequality is not one of them. [1] e.g. McDonald, P., 2000. Gender equity, social institutions and the future of fertility. Journal of population Research, pp.1-16. [2] Caldwell, J.C., 2006. The globalization of fertility behavior. Demographic Transition Theory, pp.249-271. [3] Van de Kaa, D.J., 1987. Europe's second demographic transition. Population bulletin, 42(1), pp.1-59.