Rich guy preaching
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talkpoliticsInteresting talk by a rich guy, an unrepentant capitalist, who's arguing that growing inequality is about to push society into conditions resembling pre-revolutionary France. With all the predictable yet dire consequences that this brings along.
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Not sure if the guy's been putting his money where his mouth is in any way, as opposed to just "spreading the message" to his fellow plutocrats, but still, he at least tries to be self-aware and address the problem of the capitalist system, which seems to be gradually pushing society toward a precipice that people have already started to come to a realization about at this point - including international financial and economic organizations. I'm not sure, though, if he manages to adequately address some of the most intrinsically malignant elements lying at the heart of the capitalist system - namely, the nature of capitalists themselves.
Because somewhere between a true free market and a true democracy, in all their versions and manifestations, there's a system of risks and rewards. The current particular form of capitalism seems to favor narcissists and sociopaths both at the lowest levels and at the very tops. Any measure that relies on the good will of these characters is not likely to succeed without some form of totalitarianism, one way or the other. Such a heretical thought, right?
Well, makes you wonder if having another unfortunate revolution in some shape or form in the near future would not actually be the desirable outcome, a catharsis of some sort that would allow society to start anew. After all, any system that inherently rewards pathogens over healthy productive cells can only lead to either the violent self-destruction of said system or the protracted agony of gradual and painful decay.
Again, in a way nature is ahead of us on this. We call these sort of imbalances in the human body, well, cancer - and in cases like these it can metastasize, a process possibly accelerated by the exponential development of technology (including information technology). You see, even guys who've eaten from the silver spoon of opulence are now coming up with some very bad news: the treatment for the disease is "...horrible for all of us".
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Not sure if the guy's been putting his money where his mouth is in any way, as opposed to just "spreading the message" to his fellow plutocrats, but still, he at least tries to be self-aware and address the problem of the capitalist system, which seems to be gradually pushing society toward a precipice that people have already started to come to a realization about at this point - including international financial and economic organizations. I'm not sure, though, if he manages to adequately address some of the most intrinsically malignant elements lying at the heart of the capitalist system - namely, the nature of capitalists themselves.
Because somewhere between a true free market and a true democracy, in all their versions and manifestations, there's a system of risks and rewards. The current particular form of capitalism seems to favor narcissists and sociopaths both at the lowest levels and at the very tops. Any measure that relies on the good will of these characters is not likely to succeed without some form of totalitarianism, one way or the other. Such a heretical thought, right?
Well, makes you wonder if having another unfortunate revolution in some shape or form in the near future would not actually be the desirable outcome, a catharsis of some sort that would allow society to start anew. After all, any system that inherently rewards pathogens over healthy productive cells can only lead to either the violent self-destruction of said system or the protracted agony of gradual and painful decay.
Again, in a way nature is ahead of us on this. We call these sort of imbalances in the human body, well, cancer - and in cases like these it can metastasize, a process possibly accelerated by the exponential development of technology (including information technology). You see, even guys who've eaten from the silver spoon of opulence are now coming up with some very bad news: the treatment for the disease is "...horrible for all of us".
