This is a general pattern with the US: the most extreme escalation level becomes default escalation level. - Private insurance to pay $100 for band-aids - Courts and litigation for every small argument - Policing to enforce what should be soft social norms turned into laws
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US Conservative: "people in developing world are actually poor and at least work hard... our poor are lazy, undeserving types who could have what we have if they were only willing to work harder" US Liberals: "everyone can have a mansion if we taxed 1%ers right"
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For those who don't get how the US poor can be worse of than Indian poor despite being materially better off, here is a post I wrote about that a while back, positing a "4th world condition"https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2019/04/08/weirding-diary-7/ …
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The inability (or unwillingness) to make comparisons with events and processes in other countries is a major reason why so many Americans seem unable to see what’s coming, and instead oscillate between apocalyptic visions and insouciant complacency.
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