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I agree with you and the developments you mention are serious problems. But all those developments were catalyzed by political and economic policies put in pla

I agree with you and the developments you mention are serious problems. But all those developments were catalyzed by political and economic policies put in place or actively enabled by politicians who were enthusiastically elected and re-elected over and over again by the very people those policies hurt the most. And the response of those hurt is to elect even worse politicians who enact even more damaging policies. This is no secret and has been actively discussed and lamented among liberal elites for decades. It was a high-ranking member of the elite who said "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." The chief difference between the classes may be that one understands this and the other refuses to contemplate it. At the end of the day, if people continue to insist that you take their money and use it to hurt them, it just seems impolite not to.

ChainOfFools 3y ago
I'm not sure we could even place the blame on the politicians, the political system or anything specific to business in a broad sense. People will do whatever is necessary to contribute to the growing disparity of outcomes in our society , and there seems to be no way to stop them from doing so . My observation of the moment is that, in my country, people are right now tripping over one another to go throw money at a national lottery that is going to make one of them an instant billionaire, an absolutely unaccountably wealthy individual who will promptly disappear with all of that cash in their pocket to dispose of as they wish. This is actually something that sets them apart from ordinary billionaires, the ones so commonly despised by the very class of people who contribute to this spectacle, because they are not public figures and because their wealth is not tied up in shares or options or proprry or anything really, it's pure liquid cash. Which makes this individual even more of an authentic billionaire than the ones normally listed as such.. Someone who despite doing absolutely nothing of productive value, who may very well simply vaporize much of the money in casinos and dozens of expensive automobiles and an entire small township worth of superfluous houses, and of course gifts to a specialized class of frauds and charlatans who specialize in bulking these people. And the only reason that this doesn't happen at another 10 or 100 fold scale is that the government has declared a monopoly on running blatant pyramid schemes such as Powerball and Mega Millions.
AndrewKemendo 3y ago
I don’t disagree with anything there. I however choose to be optimistic that there’s a way out, or if not “out” then at least something more humane than what we’re doing now.

ChainOfFools 3y ago

I'm not sure we could even place the blame on the politicians, the political system or anything specific to business in a broad sense. People will do whatever is necessary to contribute to the growing disparity of outcomes in our society , and there seems to be no way to stop them from doing so . My observation of the moment is that, in my country, people are right now tripping over one another to go throw money at a national lottery that is going to make one of them an instant billionaire, an absolutely unaccountably wealthy individual who will promptly disappear with all of that cash in their pocket to dispose of as they wish. This is actually something that sets them apart from ordinary billionaires, the ones so commonly despised by the very class of people who contribute to this spectacle, because they are not public figures and because their wealth is not tied up in shares or options or proprry or anything really, it's pure liquid cash. Which makes this individual even more of an authentic billionaire than the ones normally listed as such.. Someone who despite doing absolutely nothing of productive value, who may very well simply vaporize much of the money in casinos and dozens of expensive automobiles and an entire small township worth of superfluous houses, and of course gifts to a specialized class of frauds and charlatans who specialize in bulking these people. And the only reason that this doesn't happen at another 10 or 100 fold scale is that the government has declared a monopoly on running blatant pyramid schemes such as Powerball and Mega Millions.

AndrewKemendo 3y ago

I don’t disagree with anything there. I however choose to be optimistic that there’s a way out, or if not “out” then at least something more humane than what we’re doing now.