LT42 i think the key is in cj’s last sentence: regulated capitalism. corporations have clearly demonstrated that when given the choice of doing the right thing for society or increasing profits, the latter will always take precedence over the former, often to the detriment of society. hybrid capitalist/socialist systems seem to be the way to go as i see it.
How do you regulate capitalism properly in the US? Isn’t that a paradox?
LT42 i think it could be done if the will was there. it’s not though, which leads back to my assertion that the only way things will change there is when people get desperate enough to force change. and that won’t be pretty if it ever happens.
LT42 you can’t regulate capitalism anywhere. It is designed to fail.
I used to read informative posts and now I don’t.
Why?
This one long drone of a relentless scroll.
Feels like a breathless diatribe where all nuance gets lost.
A design / layout fault.
Smallman1 seems like the issue is yours, the discussion and board layout are just fine.
303abuser seems like the issue is yours, the discussion and board layout are just fine.
Droooooooooone.
I’ve seen the proposal of a universal income floated more over the last few years. I think it would work, defo not in the US as they’d all think they’d become Communists overnight but at the current rate that financial inequality gap is going to keep growing and the handbrake is off. I honestly can’t see anyone with the best intentions ever breaking the mold. The machine is too big to fail.
LT42 bernie getting intentionally derailed again is all you need to know about how badly the power structure doesn’t want change. they just won’t let it happen without a violent revolution that forces it and i don’t see that happening either. ubi is a great idea, just needs to be worked out through a few trials to see what the best approach is. especially with automation becoming an ever-present reality, we’re going to need creative solutions.
SPLIT THE THREADS INTO PAGES.
Smallman1 dude my Trump thread is going to generate a page algorithm all by itself. Bloody masterclass that.
That’s bullshit Zack.
The thing with capitalism is that ultimately the consumers who drive the system. “Give the people what they want” is the mantra.
it’s just a question of people wanting the “right” things at the end of the day.
C_J
C_J The thing with capitalism is that ultimately the consumers who drive the system.
Right, that’s how we ended up with 50 brands of toothpaste and cereal made by 1 company. The system now dictates the demands and forces demand where there isn’t one.
C_J it’s just a question of people wanting the “right” things at the end of the day.
That’s nothing to do with Capitalism though is it? Maybe I’m wrong. This batch of Kahlua has me sitting on the balcony in my underpants.
zackster dude my Trump thread is going to generate a page algorithm all by itself. Bloody masterclass that.
I gave up when it became a one page diatribe of relentless righteousness.
Pages would have given it more nuance, structure and flow.
If people want to patronise corrupt, polluting, greedy corporations then they will get a corrupt dirty world.
but if they don’t, they won’t.
I think this is clearly beginning to dawn on people.
C_J while i agree in theory, but take the example where food, especially in the states, in priced according to how healthy it its. people may very well want to support hormone/antibiotic-free, free-range meat sources and farmers who produce organic vegetables, but if a whopper is 1/3rd the price and wages are low, it’s really not a choice.
zackster this is what creates opportunities for disruption though.
Smallman1 i honestly worry about your ability to function in the post-covid world lol.
The last few posts prove my point about a lack of pages.
I’ve got no idea about what the context is and I don’t want have to scroll to the very beginning of the thread to get the context.
Nothing personal, just using it as an illustration about how easy it is to become disengaged about important threads.
Smallman1 Turn it in Ed. Everyone else is good with it. I don’t know how, but you must be doing something wrong.
I hope your business transformation schtick is a lot better.
