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Agreed but historically at least this came from a strong executive, not from collective action. FDR, for example.
by keiferski 2y ago
Agreed but historically at least this came from a strong executive, not from collective action. FDR, for example.
- dTal 2y agoGovernment is the avatar of collective action. People vote for and otherwise tolerate a strong executive when they believe in "all for one and one for all". FDR was elected by a landslide on a platform of heavy government interventionism to address the Great Depression.
- redwoolf 2y agoTotally agree. I think with the suburban explosion and rise of the personal automobile we’ve seen individualism trump collectivism. I don’t think we’ll ever see a new deal or social security like initiative in America until the power structures in our society are changed fundamentally.