The Impending Death of Modern Capitalism
Let's make sure we're all on the same page on the definition of capitalism.
It's basically a system in which private owne
Gandhi promoted unity so much India got partitioned in 3 under racial/religious lines jfc.
FDR promoted unity so much he interned Japanese Americans
These people were not perfect. But Gandhi united the Indian population sufficiently to eject the nation from British colonialism. FDR united the US sufficiently to successfully tackle the socialist undertaking of a successful effort in WW2.
There is a scene in the movie The Dark Knight which best describes you Lucifer.
Michael Caine is playing the character Alfred and he describes the personality trait of the Joker to Batman.
He says some people "just want to see everything burn".
I have no idea what sort of childhood trauma brought you to this place in life. Where you argue for the freedom to promote the horrific ideas once championed by the Nazis in Germany.
You have a dark heart.
For sure, but this problem is ultimately solvable, and someone, somewhere has already started working on a solution rather than us who just bitch and complain about the coming apocalypse.
Because there is this side to it, if insurers collectively find it too costly to cover existing homes in high risk areas, it's going to inevitably create strong market incentives for improved building practices. Like, California is updating building codes to require fire resistant materials, and Florida is enforcing elevation requirements to reduce flood risk.
Obv these changes don’t protect older homes like those built in the 1960s in Butte County or waterfront properties in Florida that are likely to face severe losses, (those homes are likely going to be ****ed) but it will create incentive to build a dwelling that can be insured for less. You're state run govt funded programs aren't likely to do as well in that department.
And then eventually, as new homes are built to higher safety standards, insurance companies will likely reward these improvements with lower premiums. These companies want to be in businesses, the govt doesn't, and they already offer discounts to people how have safety measures in place compared to the old school counterparts.
It isn't as simple as homes cant be insured...inflation...chaos ensues. But again, I agree that California is the most likely state to reach your level of armageddon
Surely someone who made the use he did of the secret service can't be defined as anything but incredibly Machiavelian?
You stipulated three traits, not one:
He's a very dishonest and poor poster. See the post above this.
if insurers collectively find it too costly to cover existing homes in high risk areas, it's going to inevitably create strong market incentives for improved building practices. Like, California is updating building codes to require fire resistant materials, and Florida is enforcing elevation requirements to reduce flood risk........................ But again, I agree that Ca
Florida is the canary in the coal mine for climate risk. Just in recent years, hurricanes Ian, Idalia, Helene, Milton, and Michael have hammered the Fl. west coast to the tune of many hundred of billions in losses. Far exceeding the financial value of fire losses in California.
You can't raise the elevation of the ground. You can't stop the ocean from intruding through porous limestone into the freshwater acquifers. You can't stop the sea level from rising. And you can't stop the ocean from getting warmer and forming ever more powerful storms with greater storm surge and concentrated flooding rainfall.
The netherlands , with 60s technology and a 60s economy (ie less than a tenth the real per capita gdp of the USA today), solved 3 meters of ground elevation problem.
Disfunction, third-world level corrupted italy solved 1.5 meters in Venice with the MOSE system.
With less than half the population of Florida today.
We should be able to fix that exceptionally better today, and if we aren't it is entirely, as usual, and uniquely, because of suicidal leftist regulations making us less capable of doing what the dutch could do in the 60s with 60s technology.
If they did that, that's more than enough to prove that all talk about rising seas being a problem is objectively insane, given we had the technology to complete solve even the purported 6 sigma scenario ("meters of seas rising) *60 years ago when we were much poorer*.
This is just one of the infinite grotesquely exaggerated problems you guys like to throw around as apocalyptic scenarios, even if we had a solution to 10x the purported crisis 60 years ago ffs.
The amount of absolute bad faith necessary to conduct arguments like this is incomprehensible for me.
The netherlands , with 60s technology and a 60s economy (ie less than a tenth the real per capita gdp of the USA today), solved 3 meters of ground elevation problem.
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The Netherlands surface geology is sand.
The South Florida surface geology is porous limestone. It's impossible to seal off the ocean from below. It already floods the streets in many neighborhoods of Miami on sunny days at peak tide.
You have a **** mind to go with your dark heart.
Yeah, florida might edge out california in that regard with its layout.
But I think Cali's population and infrastracture setup poses a problem there. Both the people living in the areas can pack up and leave, but its going be a bit more challenging for many of the people living in So cal and such. Theres a dangerous domino effect there. Plus all the other battles the state is facing.
There is a scene in the movie The Dark Knight which best describes you Lucifer. Michael Caine is playing the character Alfred and he describes the personality trait of the Joker to Batman. He says some people "just want to see everything burn". I have no idea what sort of childhood trauma brought you to this place in life. Where you argue for the freedom to promote the horrific
Hyper-rationalism. He has some reasonable takes, but it falls off the rails fast. He's more like Vincent from Collateral. It's not that he wants to see everything burn, but the ends always justify the means.
It's going to be hard to win over others when they're met with tactless responses when they do reconsider things. That said, it's more of a modification. I know I've seen reasonable takes, but they appear more infrequent than I suspected, and I don't want to go through his history to find them. And yes, I tend to scroll past most of his posts — something his detractors could try.
The Trump Administration is contemplating a 10% equity stake in Intel.
Confirmation that the private market / capitalist ideal doesn't create the best outcome in all situations.
National security and global security are best achieved through a robust partnership between an empowered government and its citizens.
The Trump Administration is contemplating a 10% equity stake in Intel.
Confirmation that the private market / capitalist ideal doesn't create the best outcome in all situations.
National security and global security are best achieved through a robust partnership between an empowered government and its citizens.
wait so now *trump doing something* is confirmation that something is good?
Trump's role in the world is to provide the circus in "bread and circuses". He's not a decision maker .... he's a gifted source of polarizing distraction who commands more media attention and public hand ringing about who is virtuous and who is not.
We're addicted to dramatic notions of virtue. Good and evil. Trump caters to that addiction.
The moves that are being made all make sense when you consider that the smartest people understand that environmental destruction will disrupt the continuity of global supply chains destined to unravel. A company like Intel which has the infrastructure to produce the things that maintain a digital economy .... they become an element of national security.
This is appropriate socialism.
Say it out loud Lucifer ....... this is socialism.
I see the dark side of capitalism manifesting itself.
In a world built around money .... gravity applies ..... the people who have the most money have the most gravity. The aspire to be narcissistic God like figures with visions of their grandeur. They make sure that they are known to have luxury yachts and private aircraft. They are the lords of the regime.
These people view what they consider "lesser" humans the way Southerners formerly looked at slaves or humans consider a cow to be butchered for the pleasure of their steak.
We see what is happening in places like Gaza from a distance. It's a brutal genocide with starvation. We normies consider that an abstraction .... something that could never happen to us.
You're wrong. We're all sheep in their eyes.
The thing about people is power is that they got there by being ruthless. Kind people don't rule.
Trump's role in the world is to provide the circus in "bread and circuses". He's not a decision maker .... he's a gifted source of polarizing distraction who commands more media attention and public hand ringing about who is virtuous and who is not. We're addicted to dramatic notions of virtue. Good and evil. Trump caters to that addiction.The moves that are being made all make
ofc the state buying private companies stock is socialism, bush and obama did that as well and it was bad.
But lol at the idea that if trump does it , it means "it's good and proper", what insane logic is that?
notice that it's not obvious he can. There are talks he wants to convert grants into equity but it's not obvious at all he can do that without congress approval
America's young people are dying much faster than other parts of the world.
Can you cut and paste any comment which praised Trump in this thread ?
The only insanity present here is between your ears Lucifer.
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The Trump Administration is contemplating a 10% equity stake in Intel.
Confirmation that the private market / capitalist ideal doesn't create the best outcome in all situations.
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trump does it -> "confirmation that" lol
America's young people are dying much faster than other parts of the world.
quite exceptional that while focusing on mortality for "early adults" they only touch fentanyl en passing citing it once (when it's clear and known that's a major unique thing that didn't hit other first world countries) , and really stunning they never even hint at race, when it's known asian mortality rates for all age brackets are exceptionally high even compared with the rest of the first world, thus eliminating the possibility that the problem is "systemic" , in an entire racial group dispersed across the nation can completelt avoid it
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The Trump Administration is contemplating a 10% equity stake in Intel.
Confirmation that the private market / capitalist ideal doesn't create the best outcome in all situations.
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trump does it -> "confirmation that" lol
I am not praising the Trump Administration.
I am submitting this as evidence that the dogma of private market capitalism is failing and government assistance is inevitable.
The Trump Administration isn't doing this because of their economic ideals. They are doing in it order to ensure that their good friends survive.
