COVID reveals consequences of our collective decision to coast, to pretend we’re making progress while stagnating, to neglect boring, expensive maintenance of critical systems.
@pmarca’s inspiring call to action, if you somehow missed it:https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1251634412334141440 …
Interesting… how does one change structural problems in a democracy other than by preaching?
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It's anti-individualism, but it seems most cases it's the government stepping in during or after a crisis. - Civil rights and the National Guard. - Social security (etc.) and the Great Depression. - The GI Bill (as contrasted to the Bonus Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army )
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Or: the Civil War breaking the idea that people are citizens of a State more than they are of the United States. (Though there have been flare-ups - like today's regionalism - throughout the neverending ensuing Cold Civil War.)
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If the US was genuinely a democracy, its structures and mechanisms wouldn’t allow this one guy to dictate how the digital world works. Including in countries where he’s not been elected. 1/pic.twitter.com/UNwV6zKaRR
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If the US was a democracy, buying votes wouldn’t be a thing. 2/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/04/how-facebooks-ad-technology-helps-trump-win/606403/ …
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