America worked wonderfully when it was a monoculture. Once the doors were thrown open to the third-world, and European-Americans stopped having children, our fate was set.
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That is certainly a big chunk of it, yes.Why not make the country smaller? How about our army smaller... Or our incomes smaller... What do you even mean by saying “corporatism picks the winners and losers“?If we were truly a capitalist country, we wouldnt need the govt to wipe our ass for it. Especially since they are usually the ones to fuck everything up. Like healthcare.
The corporatism that runs our economy picks the winners and losers. THAT is what needs to change. Make the govt smaller, not bigger.
Are you talking about Federal Reserve money creation and “crony capitalism”?
I don’t think it is America that believes those things. I do think the American wealthy and ruling class believes those things.I don’t know if our society can re-cover from the “collapse” you describe. The signs of social and political collapse have been visible for some time. Covid-19 was just a trigger. The increased unemployment we now suffer I don’t think will go away anytime soon.
As for debt, there you have hit a nail on the head. I am one of the lucky and prepared ones. No debt. Lived within my means ... always. Never was rich, but now I feel safer than most. You are right that we live in a “rich” society where most can barely make ends meet, and half cannot live on savings for more than a few weeks. The present economic crisis will probably drive at least another ten percent of the population permanently into the “no savings” poor. Tensions will likely increase without fundamental changes in our safety net, medical and educational systems, politics and culture. I don’t see those changes happening anytime soon.
I’m sure the problems are also severe in Europe, Canada, Asia and even China, though each country is unique. In China, although the average person is much poorer than we, the country’s long previous history of instability, war and revolution made people on average both tougher and much more cautious in their personal lives. They tend to be “savers,” and consequently most families are probably in better shape than typical poorer American families are. Most can financially manage a few months of “lock-down” and unemployment. Of course even in China there was a growing “consumer credit” society developing, and many small businesses in particular have been hurt.
America has come to believe that those who are at the top deserve unlimited riches and benefits.
America has come to believe those who aren't at the top don't deserve to properly be paid a living wage.
The federal minimum wage has been stuck at 7.25 an hour since the bush boy years. Yet at the same time the wages of people at the top continue to climb to outrageous levels.
Why is it ok for those who are executives to rake in millions a year but it's not ok for everyone else to at least earn a living wage?
We have created a permanent low poor class with the economic policies we have implemented in the last nearly 40 years. A low class that has to depend on public assistance to live even though they work. So the tax payer has to subsidize wages which results in the owners and those at the top get even richer. They can afford to pay their employees a living wage but refuse to do so.
It's the reason why a minimum wage was created in the first place.
No. I don’t agree. We have always been a nation of immigrants from all over the world.America worked wonderfully when it was a monoculture. Once the doors were thrown open to the third-world, and European-Americans stopped having children, our fate was set.
No. I don’t agree. We have always been a nation of immigrants from all over the world.America worked wonderfully when it was a monoculture. Once the doors were thrown open to the third-world, and European-Americans stopped having children, our fate was set.
Now we have a government, media, big corporations, billionaires, and academia all colluding to enrich and empower the extreme wealthy. That is the problem.
No. I don’t agree. We have always been a nation of immigrants from all over the world.America worked wonderfully when it was a monoculture. Once the doors were thrown open to the third-world, and European-Americans stopped having children, our fate was set.
Now we have a government, media, big corporations, billionaires, and academia all colluding to enrich and empower the extreme wealthy. That is the problem.
I don’t think it is America that believes those things. I do think the American wealthy and ruling class believes those things.I don’t know if our society can re-cover from the “collapse” you describe. The signs of social and political collapse have been visible for some time. Covid-19 was just a trigger. The increased unemployment we now suffer I don’t think will go away anytime soon.
As for debt, there you have hit a nail on the head. I am one of the lucky and prepared ones. No debt. Lived within my means ... always. Never was rich, but now I feel safer than most. You are right that we live in a “rich” society where most can barely make ends meet, and half cannot live on savings for more than a few weeks. The present economic crisis will probably drive at least another ten percent of the population permanently into the “no savings” poor. Tensions will likely increase without fundamental changes in our safety net, medical and educational systems, politics and culture. I don’t see those changes happening anytime soon.
I’m sure the problems are also severe in Europe, Canada, Asia and even China, though each country is unique. In China, although the average person is much poorer than we, the country’s long previous history of instability, war and revolution made people on average both tougher and much more cautious in their personal lives. They tend to be “savers,” and consequently most families are probably in better shape than typical poorer American families are. Most can financially manage a few months of “lock-down” and unemployment. Of course even in China there was a growing “consumer credit” society developing, and many small businesses in particular have been hurt.
America has come to believe that those who are at the top deserve unlimited riches and benefits.
America has come to believe those who aren't at the top don't deserve to properly be paid a living wage.
The federal minimum wage has been stuck at 7.25 an hour since the bush boy years. Yet at the same time the wages of people at the top continue to climb to outrageous levels.
Why is it ok for those who are executives to rake in millions a year but it's not ok for everyone else to at least earn a living wage?
We have created a permanent low poor class with the economic policies we have implemented in the last nearly 40 years. A low class that has to depend on public assistance to live even though they work. So the tax payer has to subsidize wages which results in the owners and those at the top get even richer. They can afford to pay their employees a living wage but refuse to do so.
It's the reason why a minimum wage was created in the first place.
I don’t know if our society can re-cover from the “collapse” you describe. The signs of social and political collapse have been visible for some time. Covid-19 was just a trigger. The increased unemployment we now suffer I don’t think will go away anytime soon.
As for debt, there you have hit a nail on the head. I am one of the lucky and prepared ones. No debt. Lived within my means ... always. Never was rich, but now I feel safer than most. You are right that we live in a “rich” society where most can barely make ends meet, and half cannot live on savings for more than a few weeks. The present economic crisis will probably drive at least another ten percent of the population permanently into the “no savings” poor. Tensions will likely increase without fundamental changes in our safety net, medical and educational systems, politics and culture. I don’t see those changes happening anytime soon.
I’m sure the problems are also severe in Europe, Canada, Asia and even China, though each country is unique. In China, although the average person is much poorer than we, the country’s long previous history of instability, war and revolution made people on average both tougher and much more cautious in their personal lives. They tend to be “savers,” and consequently most families are probably in better shape than typical poorer American families are. Most can financially manage a few months of “lock-down” and unemployment. Of course even in China there was a growing “consumer credit” society developing, and many small businesses in particular have been hurt.
America has come to believe that those who are at the top deserve unlimited riches and benefits.
America has come to believe those who aren't at the top don't deserve to properly be paid a living wage.
The federal minimum wage has been stuck at 7.25 an hour since the bush boy years. Yet at the same time the wages of people at the top continue to climb to outrageous levels.
Why is it ok for those who are executives to rake in millions a year but it's not ok for everyone else to at least earn a living wage?
We have created a permanent low poor class with the economic policies we have implemented in the last nearly 40 years. A low class that has to depend on public assistance to live even though they work. So the tax payer has to subsidize wages which results in the owners and those at the top get even richer. They can afford to pay their employees a living wage but refuse to do so.
It's the reason why a minimum wage was created in the first place.
...and we’re off...the very first post blames Democrats.America is collapsing because over 40 million Americans are out of work, Democrat blue states have lockdown still in place. Small businesses are barely surviving. The list goes on....
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That may be true, but it’s not the cause of the problem.No. I don’t agree. We have always been a nation of immigrants from all over the world.America worked wonderfully when it was a monoculture. Once the doors were thrown open to the third-world, and European-Americans stopped having children, our fate was set.
Now we have a government, media, big corporations, billionaires, and academia all colluding to enrich and empower the extreme wealthy. That is the problem.
During America's golden period we were made up overwhelmingly by European immigrants, and we were the furthest thing from being multicultural.