I believe you have the illusion of those things, nothing more.
You’d be wrong.
I encourage you to read about the “dual state” theory which is absolutely spot on in my opinion.
I read it. The problem I see with your theory is that we do in actuality have a complacent working/lower/middle class.
I’m not denying we live basically in a two tiered system. I just think it’s largely due to the complacency of people. I think regardless of the label of economic policy we put on a country, if people aren’t willing to step up and defend their rights to prosperity, to fight corruption, ultimately it doesn’t matter. Any system can be gamified, and manipulated, and corrupted.
If I were a capitalist as you’re suggesting, I’d be operating on the assumption that ‘the market will fix this’ or that property ownership trumps all. I don’t believe that to be the case.
I personally believe that we’re teetering and already falling past the edge of social prosperity. I think we’re seeing the transition into Neo-feudalism. I think colonialism and industrialization created a ungovernable expansion of wealth, and that’s the only real reason we have the rights and freedoms we do. I think the Nazi’s, the holocaust, and the world wars made fascism/authoritarianism unpopular for a brief period of time, and that time is quickly coming to an end. I’m hopeful that AI might give some reprieve, but it could also make things worse than ever.
You’d be wrong.
I read it. The problem I see with your theory is that we do in actuality have a complacent working/lower/middle class.
I’m not denying we live basically in a two tiered system. I just think it’s largely due to the complacency of people. I think regardless of the label of economic policy we put on a country, if people aren’t willing to step up and defend their rights to prosperity, to fight corruption, ultimately it doesn’t matter. Any system can be gamified, and manipulated, and corrupted.
If I were a capitalist as you’re suggesting, I’d be operating on the assumption that ‘the market will fix this’ or that property ownership trumps all. I don’t believe that to be the case.
I personally believe that we’re teetering and already falling past the edge of social prosperity. I think we’re seeing the transition into Neo-feudalism. I think colonialism and industrialization created a ungovernable expansion of wealth, and that’s the only real reason we have the rights and freedoms we do. I think the Nazi’s, the holocaust, and the world wars made fascism/authoritarianism unpopular for a brief period of time, and that time is quickly coming to an end. I’m hopeful that AI might give some reprieve, but it could also make things worse than ever.