There is an it. Sorry, just because there is no subject that can be blamed doesn't mean there isn't a coherent complex system of mechanisms that exhibits emergent intentionality and has clear effects.
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I can't begin to think about effects because the data is all polluted. there's no meaningful control. Also we're, like, inside it.
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I mean I know you're an anti-marxist crusader, but seriously, the threat of marxism is not so huge now that you have to put lipstick on the happy pig of capitalism. I think fears of modern communism 2.0 are leading to some sort of dangerous idealization of capitalism.
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my sense is the hard left is gaining, mostly due to despair. I'm an anti-marxist I guess, also sort of a recovering Marxist
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Nah, it's just some superficial rhyming. There are no Stalins lurking behind the pronoun warriors, anymore than there are Hitlers lurking behind the proudboys. It's all idiots larping behind scary historical masks.
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I'm more concerned with the Jacobinkin. they're smart, and sorta world beating so far imo. have a great market of resentment to tap into... people failing out of woke neoliberalism
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There's going to be a certain minimum level of damage involved in the level of inequality correcting itself. This is a blindspot of woke neoliberalism. They refuse to admit that inequality is in any sense a problem at all. They're still thinking it's some sort of mass confusion.
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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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I think housing markets are fairly efficient or they'll prob take care of themselves. my thing is climate chaos, famine, mass migration, this kind of stuff. there's no way to socialism this stuff away. there will be blood
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I mean that as a sign that the equilibrium is unraveling. The US will shift from own to rent economy, foundation of personal financial security will shift to other assets, politics will get refactored as a result.
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I think physical violence and domination is part of the equilibrium. as the state backs up law with threat of violence, "the people" organizing into some vengeful thing backs up the law of things getting too unequal
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I think violence tends to get moderated or sublimated or redirected to slow-leak externalities as some complicated function of a) the size of the capitalist class with assets to protect b) the vulnerability of the assets that are worth protecting.
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