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The broken windows parable is about causing destruction and then repairing it, which thankfully isn't what NASA is doing. If you read your Wikipedia link you wo
by neaden 1y ago
The broken windows parable is about causing destruction and then repairing it, which thankfully isn't what NASA is doing. If you read your Wikipedia link you would see that this was never meant to apply to all government spending. To help you avoid this in the future, read the links before you try to correct people.
- Ajedi32 1y agoThe fallacy is thinking all money spent "goes right back into the economy" and ignoring opportunity costs. If you pay people to break windows and then repair them, that money "goes right back into the economy" but it's still a net negative. Government has no mechanism to ensure the money it spends is on things that have a positive ROI, since the money they spend is obtained by force, not by voluntary transactions.
- supplied_demand 1y ago==Government has no mechanism to ensure the money it spends is on things that have a positive ROI== Sure they do, elections.
- Jensson 1y agoAnd this thread is talking about the result of that, and quite a lot of people seem to think this "control via elections" thing isn't working that well.
- supplied_demand 1y agoMost democracies don’t have 100% vote share or approval going to one party, so we have disagreements. There are also lots of other elections that happen more often than every 4 years.