The kind of economic views that get heavily upvoted on Reddit really terrify me, because I view it as an indication of the future as our generations age. They don't even seem like economic views, but rather moral values wearing the clothes of economic opinions.
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It's basically "rich=bad, poor=victims" and making policy moves based off of this extremely simplistic rule is going to fuck us so hard.
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Our economic system is so delicate and so mindblowingly complex and trying to 'fix' things according to your personal simplistic and moralistic story is like clipping the toes off a cat or breeding pugs till they can't breathe because "I like it better that way"
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How is that different from the past? Most economic opinions are thinly disguised political opinions
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It is scary, but I feel like its the vocal minority screaming louder than those who just roll there eyes and keep on moving.
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Reddit is a place for communities so by design it becomes a hivemind of whatever the mods want of that community.
I would say it's the worst out of all social networks.
A breeding ground for extremism
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They're not moral arguments. To be some sort of moral arguments, they would have to be attached to some sort of theory of morals. They are urges or whims dressed up in masks and cloaks.
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