capitalism > communism bc basically runs itself. didn't need to be introduced through cataclysmic violence. gradually evolved out of political realities and common law vs. conceived as an ad hoc solution to the world at large by a resentful, egg-head, patronizing, false prophet.
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we've had people ted talking about inequality at davos for at least 10 years now. everyone wants something to change on that front. how do we do this? a: marx's crystal ball (it's all happening as prophesized)
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Here, it's going to correct itself whether or not anyone does anything. There is basically no equilibrium to be found at this level of inequality. One sign for example is that collapse of housing as an economic foundation since most people can't afford housing now.
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Trumpism distracted us from thinking through inequality. We kinda hit pause on that debate in 2014 and need to pick it up again. To pretend it's a non-problem is to hand reins over to hard left, just as pretending white-left-behindness was a non-problem handed reins to Trumpism.
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I just can't imagine a fundament, a base layer, upon which the population of this country can reach some kind of compromise solution.
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