Everyone needs a scapegoat. Why not mention Carter and the near double-digit inflation Reagan faced at the beginning of his admistration and the fact that it was nearly half by the end of it?
In the 90s, it brought us some of the best economic times we will ever see.
You can only do the financialization trick a few times and each time it is more damaging than the last. The end comes when it is no longer possible to outrun the delayed negative consequences. There is an attribution problem, like the straw that let broke the camels back, but for the final straw the back may not have broken, but responsibility lies with the weight in its totality.
Oh hang the economy. I don't care about money, I care about people. I care about the incalculable number of folks who have suffered and died from the politics of austerity, in my country and the UK. I care about government services that no longer function because of this case of brain worms that tells people when a government office doesn't work, the solution is to cut it's funding because that's definitely going to help. I care about the alienation of everyone from everyone and everything, all of us trussed up in our little homes, completely disconnected from the effects we have on our communities because of this libertarian fantasy of you being and island and accountable to nothing and no one but your own piddly, small notion of what moves you forwards.
Everyone needs a scapegoat. Why not mention Carter and the near double-digit inflation Reagan faced at the beginning of his admistration and the fact that it was nearly half by the end of it?
In the 90s, it brought us some of the best economic times we will ever see.
So sure, lets rewrite history.
You can only do the financialization trick a few times and each time it is more damaging than the last. The end comes when it is no longer possible to outrun the delayed negative consequences. There is an attribution problem, like the straw that let broke the camels back, but for the final straw the back may not have broken, but responsibility lies with the weight in its totality.
Oh hang the economy. I don't care about money, I care about people. I care about the incalculable number of folks who have suffered and died from the politics of austerity, in my country and the UK. I care about government services that no longer function because of this case of brain worms that tells people when a government office doesn't work, the solution is to cut it's funding because that's definitely going to help. I care about the alienation of everyone from everyone and everything, all of us trussed up in our little homes, completely disconnected from the effects we have on our communities because of this libertarian fantasy of you being and island and accountable to nothing and no one but your own piddly, small notion of what moves you forwards.
"Oh hang the economy. I don't care about money, I care about people."
You should care about the economy. More money means jobs and prosperity. Less people dying in the streets and more tax revenue to help the helpless.
"in my country and the UK."
The UK has universal healthcare and it's been touted for years as the best answer to healthcare. What happened?
"libertarian fantasy of you being and island and accountable to nothing and no one but your own piddly, small notion of what moves you forwards."
I see. You are still bitter about Brexit.
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