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Does it seem to be growing and is a huge threat in numeric comparison to other negative outcomes because the quantity is actually rapidly increasing or because
by Mountain_Skies 3y ago
Does it seem to be growing and is a huge threat in numeric comparison to other negative outcomes because the quantity is actually rapidly increasing or because the media and government are beating a drum about this issue louder than about other issues, regardless of quantitative changes in risk and absolute risk?
- RelativeDelta 3y agoIt's both. VEs are increasing in number and sophistication over time because the social contract of the United States has been cleaved. On one side you have individualistic capitalists who don't want to be told what to do and don't want to subsidize the existence of others. On the other you have communal idealists who recognize the scale advantage state actions and programs can have and want to deploy them. The later are winning and the former do not have a political exit that does not involve secession. That's the fundamental base. The heightened media attention being paid to instances of the above are in response to the general understanding that those fundamentals are now in place.
- pstuart 3y agoWe tried secession before and it didn't work out too well, and I don't see anything indicating it would be better this time. Edit: my understanding is that the leading idea is not secession but something called Project 2025. Depending on how you look at it, it's either a "rightsizing" of government or a coup.
- RelativeDelta 3y agoRegardless of whether it would work or not it would disempower both halves - that alone makes it unlikely. That is also why conflict is only going to increase over time until one side or the other is decisively defeated (and even then there will be clandestine groups).