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And the solution is not to split the country but to fix the broken system. Leaving aside the preposterous rewriting of U.S. history in your comment (the US was
by carsongross 11y ago
And the solution is not to split the country but to fix the broken system.
Leaving aside the preposterous rewriting of U.S. history in your comment (the US was never like modern Switzerland, even when it was significantly more homogenous), your goal is not possible with the current size and cultural diversity of the US.
If you want social safety nets, you need a homogeneous culture that stresses (irrationally) not taking advantage of them, thereby making them sustainable.
I know this is not a happy thought for you. It was not for me, as well, for quite some time.
- myth_buster 11y agoI came from the other end wherein I believed social safety net and welfares breeds parasitic behavior. But now I've come to believe the benefits of those programs outweigh the negative aspect where a section may starts taking undue advantage of it. In the absence of such safety nets, I think people will go for more safer bets which make them financially stable as opposed to riskier bets which may bring innovation but could also endanger their livelihood.
- carsongross 11y agoIrrelevant and historically dubious. Without a strong common culture that solves the prisoners dilemma of social safety-nets, they will collapse. If you want Switzerland, you need Swiss.
- myth_buster 11y agoThe "prisoners dilemma" arises from politicians & the people in power playing society for their benefits. Homogeneity is not a necessary condition.
- carsongross 11y agoHistorically incorrect. Thanks for playing, kid.
- Nosewearer 11y agoI note that large social safety nets exist in extremly heterogenous societies like Switzerland, Canada, and Australia. And among middle-of-the-road diversity nations it seems to be aminly the anglosphere that feels it is difficult.