3mo ago

They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5872390

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Yo, please add alt text to this. See rule 0.5 in the sidebar
- The really stupid part is it probably actually COULD. Healthier, happier people are more productive and more willing to spend their time in the ways that make those people rich.
  So, thereby grow the whole pie, they still take the majority of it, get even more. But they're so goddamn greedy and small-minded, they actually make it worse for themselves. To say nothing of the conditions for the rest of us, and also leaving out the way taking this too far tends to result in turmoil and (gasp) dead rich people.
  
  But if they don't take all your money asap, someone else might do it.
  
  What you're describing is essentially Keynesian economics which we had till the 70's or 80's, and it did fall out of favor, replaced by neoliberalism that we know now.
  The reason why was essentially capitalism - historical conditions why high rate of profit that allowed keynesiasm disappeared (such as war which tends to lead to massive profits via destruction of capital, still expanding global markets and US hegemony over the economy), so the rate of profit fell. People lost jobs, wages couldn't be raised and state couldn't really do much about it without pumping a ton of money via intervention, so instead what we got was attacks on labor organization, privatization and deregulation.
  The only chance to return to that kind of economy (and by that I mean if everyone collectively forgot about neoliberalism too) would be through another world war and its unprecedented destruction of capital. Even then it'd be temporary again until rate of profit declines, as it does with capitalism regardless of economic system.
I find it interesting how the furry community has transformed over the years. It was very politically neutral when I discovered it as a teenager. Now, about +15yrs later, it's very left leaning and it seems like a lot of furries tend to be relatively politically active. It's kinda wild.
- it makes sense to me. ostracized people veer away from mainstream narratives and that gives them some degree of instrinsic shielding from the propaganda firehose that defines the media and social groupthink.
  the same used to be true for feminists and queers and they've both gone left as a result. we're seeing them start to go to the right now that they're starting to become part of the mainstream; as evidenced by the aesthetics and "trad wife" movements that boosted trump in the last elections.
  
  wait,
  <tinfoil>
  is that what hipsters were? an illuminatt attempt to make not being maintstream so mainstream that societal outsiders would ~~rise from the grave~~ vote republican?
  </tinfoil>
  ah shit me noodle
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