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> What really needs to be cut is spending on old people They've been making more noise and there's more smoke about this than usual. I did see today (yesterday

by jghn 2y ago

> What really needs to be cut is spending on old people They've been making more noise and there's more smoke about this than usual. I did see today (yesterday?) Trump was on about them booting fraudsters off of Social Security. It made me wonder if that was the playbook. They start turning off the spigot for SS and Medicare, but publicly the story parroted by the media is that all they're doing is removing criminals, waste, fraud, etc. While that'd be untrue, because that's the narrative being slammed down everyone's throat, even though there'll be people with individual sob stories it'd probably work.

defrost 2y ago
Cutting SS, Medicare, and other support services has the dubious advantage of leaving a good number of the least able members of society with less resources and less of a voice to raise. People barely getting by that are reliant on scant support won't be raising much of a complaint that they're not actual fraudsters once that support is gone.
- jghn 2y ago
  The historic stance was that the right would never cut SS/Medicare because the elderly have some of the loudest political voices and would immediately switch sides. Whether or not this true, unfortunately I suspect we'll find out.
theGnuMe 2y ago
This is the obvious playbook. It might include the "illegal immigrant" narrative as well. Also, if you remember, we previously had welfare queens (which is a really disgusting phrase if you really think about it). The problem in Tech is that they've lost their humanity (or never had any). Instead they operate from animalistic self-interest of "cull the weak to save the herd or they will drag us all down". This is the intrinsic nature of meritocracy. It derives from the fear of uncertainty. Tech is supposed to be the best and brightest; and yet it is profoundly dumb. We propose a bunch of sophomoric solutions to human problems. I think this is due to youth, inexperience and tribalism which is reflective of a lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

by jghn 2y ago

defrost 2y ago

Cutting SS, Medicare, and other support services has the dubious advantage of leaving a good number of the least able members of society with less resources and less of a voice to raise. People barely getting by that are reliant on scant support won't be raising much of a complaint that they're not actual fraudsters once that support is gone.

jghn 2y ago
The historic stance was that the right would never cut SS/Medicare because the elderly have some of the loudest political voices and would immediately switch sides. Whether or not this true, unfortunately I suspect we'll find out.

theGnuMe 2y ago

This is the obvious playbook. It might include the "illegal immigrant" narrative as well. Also, if you remember, we previously had welfare queens (which is a really disgusting phrase if you really think about it). The problem in Tech is that they've lost their humanity (or never had any). Instead they operate from animalistic self-interest of "cull the weak to save the herd or they will drag us all down". This is the intrinsic nature of meritocracy. It derives from the fear of uncertainty. Tech is supposed to be the best and brightest; and yet it is profoundly dumb. We propose a bunch of sophomoric solutions to human problems. I think this is due to youth, inexperience and tribalism which is reflective of a lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion.