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I think a possible explanation would be that the increasing desire for more government regulation, or at least functional government, runs counter to the world,
by zerbinxx 3y ago
I think a possible explanation would be that the increasing desire for more government regulation, or at least functional government, runs counter to the world, which is increasingly ruled by inhuman, (even anti-human) forces. This breeds a desperation in people as they realize that humanity is viewed as a resource, not an end in itself, for the inhuman forces (call it capital, technology, whatever) to consume and mold toward their own ends. While the left is obviously more in favor of “big government”, I think it’s easy to forget that conservatives are also perpetually in rebellion against a government they feel has abandoned the goal of protecting the traditional structures they hold dear, while also delegating the role of speech police and moral authority to the dreaded socially liberal wings of Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
- WalterBright 3y agoAre you saying that capitalism and technology are inhuman forces? That humans were in some idyllic state before 1800?
- jampekka 3y agoProbably not in 1800, but the post-war "big government" era from about 1950's to 1980's (depending on the area) was relatively idyllic in many places.
- WalterBright 3y agoThe government has gotten enormously bigger and more pervasive since then.
- jampekka 3y agoOk, if you say so.
- WalterBright 3y agoDon't take my word for it. Just take a look at any chart of state/local/federal spending.
- chasd00 3y agoin the US, prior to 2001 the department of homeland security (a signigicant portion of the government) did not even exist.
- WalterBright 3y agoThe Department of Education is another massive bureaucracy that is really hard to discern a benefit from.
- zerbinxx 3y agoNo, not at all, just that (post) modern techno-capitalism has grown out of the need to justify itself via appeals to humanism. Another way of looking at this is by considering the difference between life/death drive in psychology as they relate to humanism/anti-humanism and how that manifests in systems.
- WalterBright 3y agoI have no idea what that means.
- zerbinxx 3y agoI can explain if you’re genuinely interested