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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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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EricArrrrr
@OakPaul
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@Aella_Girl
The complexity of the system is no hindrance to the rich and powerful bending it to their benefit. Tax policy, credit and banking, wage and benefit laws, workplace safety, voting rights, etc all manipulated to benefit wealthy and increase their share.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@OakPaul
I agree that a lot of money has gone into changing the law to make it easier for the people with money. I ultimately place the responsibility on the law system for being weak to influence like that, while I *expect* the money to try to grow itself.
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EricArrrrr
@OakPaul
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@Aella_Girl
Yes but much of the change that concerns you is attempting to reverse forty years of extreme influence. The system MUST become more resistant to capture by money, but that is as hard as any reform.
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