- 21 Jan 2021 03:20
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Dear admin. moderator, sorry that this was posted to the wrong forum. My wife had an emergency and so I was rushed. I posted an identical post in Political Circus.
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IMHO, 90% of the world's problems are the result of neo-liberal economics, and therefore. the people who invented, pushed, taught, and support Neo-liberalism.
IMHO, these people are as bad as the Qanon conspiracy says that its targets are. Surely, not literally, but functionally.
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Neo-liberalism supports these ideas
1] The Gov. should do as little as possible
2] Giving money to the rich, incl. by reducing their taxes, will cause them to hire more people at higher wages.
3] People should be maximally selfish outside their immediately family.
4] That earning more money yourself is always the best way to help the people below you. So, there is never enough money to satisfy the rich.
5] That concentrating power is good for everyone. Media power and corp. power can't be *too* concentrated.
6] That doing things that can't be profitable for someone is a waste of resources. So, fixing infrastructure is unnecessary. So, making and stockpiling PPE & masks, and preparing to mass manufacture vaccines is a waste. So, building enough hospitals and training enough medical professionals so that the nation has a reserve capacity to handle a pandemic is a waste (that having nurses work 30 hour weeks & hospitals having 25% empty beds is a waste).
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snark on
IMHO, 90% of the world's problems are the result of neo-liberal economics, and therefore. the people who invented, pushed, taught, and support Neo-liberalism.
IMHO, these people are as bad as the Qanon conspiracy says that its targets are. Surely, not literally, but functionally.
snark off
Neo-liberalism supports these ideas
1] The Gov. should do as little as possible
2] Giving money to the rich, incl. by reducing their taxes, will cause them to hire more people at higher wages.
3] People should be maximally selfish outside their immediately family.
4] That earning more money yourself is always the best way to help the people below you. So, there is never enough money to satisfy the rich.
5] That concentrating power is good for everyone. Media power and corp. power can't be *too* concentrated.
6] That doing things that can't be profitable for someone is a waste of resources. So, fixing infrastructure is unnecessary. So, making and stockpiling PPE & masks, and preparing to mass manufacture vaccines is a waste. So, building enough hospitals and training enough medical professionals so that the nation has a reserve capacity to handle a pandemic is a waste (that having nurses work 30 hour weeks & hospitals having 25% empty beds is a waste).
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Last edited by Steve_American on 21 Jan 2021 05:44, edited 1 time in total.