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Aaand.... she’s lost me here. I guess it had to end. Both are awful ideas. We should run a country like, you know, a country.
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In a system that puts utility before humanity, children & seniors get short shrift. We shouldn't run our country like a business; we should run it like a family. I want massive realignment of investment in our children & increased social security payments & services to seniors.
Thing about a family is that cheating is usually not a severe problem. Most people are loyal to family; and there are informal means for detecting shirking and punishing it. None of this scales to a country. This is just one reason why it’s not a helpful metaphor.
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Yes, a country! Analogies have their place but comparing organizations with family is always fraught. Usually means they want you to *feel* like its a family but treat you like an employee (sports teams a good example)