A Big Safety Net and Strong Job Market Can Coexist.

[88m3]

Just Ask Scandinavia.


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/u...2000&bicmet=1419773522000&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0


longish read with charts

 

[DEAD7]

More economic freedom, and lower corporate taxes benefit people?

 

[JahFocus CS]

For a period of time, they can coexist... but those gains of the working class can be rolled back, and they likely will be at a time of crisis.

 

[88m3]

For a period of time, they can coexist... but those gains of the working class can be rolled back, and they likely will be at a time of crisis.

Do you believe a classless society is possible?

 

[CHL]

Need a new HL podcast with JahFocus CS debating Darth7 in an all out "Socialism vs Capitalism".

 

[JahFocus CS]

Do you believe a classless society is possible?

I absolutely think it is possible, and I would argue it is necessary for humanity to survive and fulfill its potential. The legitimate question to ask is (and I am still exploring this myself), is it possible with the productive forces as they are developed today? We have the material capability to house, feed, and clothe everyone alive today. The internet opens up exciting new possibilities for education, grassroots democracy, etc. And now we have things like 3D printers that will absolutely change society. The confluence of these factors and the material possibilities they open up for humanity will run up hard against the logic of capitalism, which will seek to limit these developments so that profit can continue to be extracted from them, closing them off to wide swaths of people.

Need a new HL podcast with JahFocus CS debating Darth7 in an all out "Socialism vs Capitalism".

Darth7? I don't believe I've debated him before





But there's an idea.

 

[Poitier]

We have the material capability to house, feed, and clothe everyone alive today. .

Still waiting on an explanation

 

[DEAD7]

Once again, I'll concede the rhetoric war.

But I'd participate for the f*ckery alone.
I can here it now,
you hate poor people
child labor
exploitation
fair wage
living wage
redistribution
ban guns
more regulation
raise taxes


Sign me up!!!!!

 

[JahFocus CS]

ban guns

raise taxes

These are at least two things you listed that I don't actually support.

I would be down though. I think it'd be a fun discussion

 

[CHL]

Once again, I'll concede the rhetoric war.

But I'd participate for the f*ckery alone.

A podcast discussion on this also involving mephistopheles, no bammer weed (not sure what his views on this are), 88m3 (non version), domingo haliburton (seems to be at least center right economically?), would be very interesting. And another token libertarian/conservative to round it out

 

[DEAD7]

A podcast discussion on this also involving mephistopheles, no bammer weed (not sure what his views on this are), 88m3 (non version), domingo haliburton (seems to be at least center right economically?), would be very interesting. And another token libertarian/conservative to round it out

 

[CHL]