Is it? I never studied Marx. But we have seen similar things happen in history, do you think Hitler came to power because people were content with the situation.
Comfortable poverty- welfare, you never own anything nor are accountable for your bills- has been the results of marxism. Hitler wasn’t particularly a marxist, but he did take advantage of mass discontent by promising a better way. The autobahn was a good outcome, the beetle a homogeneous “peoples car” to quell the masses but it’s eminently repairable, highly serviceable inexpensive design was good. But his inward dark side eventually was revealed, and a madman embarked the nation on a tragic journey into horror.
Breeding ill-content is being used today to lure people with a promise of a better future that-in reality- will be gloomier for most with comfortable poverty their lot.
There are NO historical occasions where increased economic mobility in the populace did not improve conditions for all citizens. Even the worldwide prosperity from 1990s to 2020 exponentially reduced starvation at risk populations and it’s only increased recently with covid and ukraine, et al. No other approach in history besides increased economic and civil freedoms has bettered the world sustainably.
Even more bluntly would be to put it like this, let people who do not work, starve and people who can not afford life saving health care, die. I doubt you would be that cruel though, so what is the solution
That’s not an argument- it’s a statement. An in accurate one.
Hunger does motivate one to find work, and work develops character, positive self image, and gives dignity to the human.
The chances are that the consensus among the experts in science is correct.
I’m not a gambler. I will take calculated risks, an informed choice. In reality life is risky and you have to roll with the punches.
In reality, consensus among the experts in science are often still proven wrong. If the consensus can’t explain or demonstrate the reasoning behind their consensus it is LIKELY they are wrong. Especially when actual data demonstrates a deviation from the expected outcome the consensus proffered.
there are people who are not capable of work and there have been some I would prefer if they stayed home rather than me having to deal with them at work.
What percentage? A few percent are tragic birth defects - developmentally impaired for life, physically or mentally or both. A few more percent cannot be taught something useful to do. So if you’re finding yourself employed around the lower capable population that you apparently don’t appreciate, then get some skills and find a higher level job. Your increased pay and resultant consumer participation will benefit the economy.
Actually, I do believe in human dignity in general, but there are exeptions to be found everywhere, even in this forum, as we have seen examples of cruelty like people who are willing to dismember their fellow citizens.
Making a reasonable point even if that is the cutting off of hands is not cruel. But it sure puts leniency to the habitual offenders into a good perspective.
But that is how the free market works, trying to stop that would introduce even more bureaucracy. Although I am not always opposed to that, the EU is implementing a carbon tax imposed on imports.
Carbon tax? LOL
I support a duty that discourages importation and rewards for those who use yankee ingenuity to produce goods domestically. I believe that’s partly how nissan and others came to be assembling cars in the US.
Carbon tax? There’s other ways to skin that cat that don’t involve stealing the end-users money.
that is how the free market works, trying to stop that would introduce even more bureaucracy
No, not at all. Domestically, less penalty for the end consumer but much higher demand for jobs. A focus on durability and quality than on cheap and frequently replaced. It couldn’t happen overnight without catastrophic consequences but it can happen in 10 or 15?years, tops. We can ‘suffer’ for a few years much more nicely than the 100+ years of misery the current paths are giving us a taste of right now.
