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> reduce their own wealth extraction ... even if it's in the broader interest of the nation. aka, they are being asked to make a sacrifice for the benefit of s
by chii 3y ago
> reduce their own wealth extraction ... even if it's in the broader interest of the nation.
aka, they are being asked to make a sacrifice for the benefit of someone else. Of course they're not going to agree. No reasonable person will.
I don't see this as being wrong - it's in fact a feature of freedom and a high-rights country.
- sfifs 3y ago> I don't see this as being wrong - it's in fact a feature of freedom and a high-rights country. That's precisely the point I'm making. The US in particular values this over common social good, so public services don't really come about. > No reasonable person will. Many societies operate differently and get stuff done, even highly capitalist economies like Singapore or Japan. I've even found China to be far more markets oriented than European societies.
- chii 3y agoSingapore and Japan (and to some degree China) are collectivist societies first and foremost, and capitalist only recently.