Part of the problem is you lot focus on "inequality" which is a meaningless metric..
I didn't say shit about inequality. I didn't say a fucking thing about the government's job being to create equality of outcomes. You assume you're talking to a liberal and you're not you pompous asshole. Go fuck yourself.
For example, the ideology that every full time job deserves to be paid a "living wage", even if the job does not create enough value to pay for it. And the ideology that money grows on trees and handing it out for free can be paid for by
Go pray at your stupid ass church. There's ideology for you. Wrap everyone up in snakes. That'll work better. Seriously, screw you ignoramuses.
Where do you get this utopian view???
Absolutely nowhere did I say anything about utopia. I described what an economic framework is but apparently you aren't college educated. Go get a fucking education and come back when you can actually comprehend the topic. Until then, fuck you.
"Typhoid and homeless issues next?"
It's Typhus and California's tent cities and programs that encouraged their creation were an epic fail. Police officers have to pressure wash feces, urine and used hypodermic needles off the streets. California, as a state, is absolutely terribly managed and I hope they eventually secede from the union. This problem of lack of union representation and good jobs availability is a legit problem for all 50 states though.
The work is the work. You are paid based on how badly the work needs done and how many people can do the work, that's it. Not based on how much money you need, what a "living wage", nothing else.
That is a very myopic view of economics which, at its core, is a social framework. It just happens to be about trading labor and goods. Any kingdom, country, whatever is going to be evaluated on how well the citizens fare under the rules. An economy is not for the purpose of ideology, it's supposed to serve a country which is comprised of people. We tend to forget this. We are all people. We're supposed to working together not drawing lines in the sand demonizing each other. While we do that, other countries are going to eat our lunch in the global economy and then we're all screwed.
In order to balance an economy, there has to be ample opportunity that the citizens, given the right pursuit of skills and education, could benefit from. The problem is when the supply of "good jobs" relative to the cost of living and population size is out of whack. That is the country's problem. It's being managed poorly. This is the same thing you say about a corporation that can't turn a profit right? When you adjust wages for inflation, they have been stagnant since the 1970's yet the cost of living and inflation has steadily increased. Do you not see that? How could you possible blame citizens for structural problems like that? Since the Great Recession started it's clear from top economists there are indeed structural problems. Sure there are lazy slackers but there are some very hardworking and intelligent people with very marketable skills that are needed that can't find jobs and instead are working as baristas at Starbucks. It's not because there isn't a need for it in society, it has to do with clever economic game theory moves that are being made by very influential and wealthy institutions. It is feudal aristocracy. You can ignore it I suppose. You can virtue signal your conservative views. However, at the end of the day, if the people aren't appeased sufficiently, there will be revolution and then no one wins. It's happened to every single empire in human history and it will happen to America too if the leaders of this country don't pull their heads out of their rear orifices. Slaves do revolt after awhile.
It seems to me people like you are only interested in scapegoating the problem onto someone (most likely that you dislike personally) so that you don't have to think about anyone but yourself. What a good citizen and neighbor you are. I certainly wouldn't want you as a neighbor or friend.
But.. wouldn't even the dimmest bulb figure out they aren't making money pretty quickly? If I start driving for Uber and in a month I'm not ahead, why would I keep doing it?
They're not the sharpest tools in the shed and have poor math skills. I've done the math on several gig jobs, Amazon package delivery, Shipt, Door Dash and a bunch of others. By the time you factor in all the costs, you're making pennies in the aggregate.
But my business plan RELIES on me being able to make my desperate employees work for free. THIS ISN'T FAIR!
Healthcare *cough* *cough* I mean... Corporate Welfare should be a universal right! Won't you heartless people think of the corporations? They're PEOPLE!
I sure hope the world does not end up like China.
If you check human history, things have been really bad for most of it in different areas of the world. I'm all for aiming for utopia across the entire planet but incessant complaining without action is not the way to do it. What have you contributed to making the world a better place besides talking about problems?
The environmental issues are just a symptom not the cause,t he cause is there are simply too many people in the world and the number continues to grow.
#unpopular-opinion. It's hard to appeal to reason to people who don't take any responsibility for their carbon footprint, their reproductive activities and just in general feel it's the so-called "god given" right to do as they damn well please with no consideration for anyone else. That's the truth. You can mod people like us into oblivion but the truth is the truth. The root cause of the problem is: people. We need to be fixed.
They said the same thing about divestment from apartheid in South Africa.
And they were right... until they were not.
There have been just as many "Chicken Littles" that you could say precisely the same thing about. This is not helpful to the discussion. Facts and data and well thought out solutions backed by solid evidence are valuable though.
Yeah, throwing stones at windows sure creates some jobs!
Works many Youtubers. Perhaps superior Soap Box architecture creates jobs?
I suppose you're one of those neo-Darwinians who just think that visually impaired people should die off?
neo-Darwinians? Here's what I want to see. I want to see scientists invent time machines so that we can have a reality TV show whereby Liberal SJW's go back in time to the Jurassic period to rationalize postmodernism with natural predators like saber tooth tigers. FWIW - I'm not against ADA but your position is absolutely ridiculous when you consider how nature actually works. You need a better argument not just the typical liberal SJW drivel.
In the sciences, we are now uniquely priviledged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand. -- Gerald Holton
