Discussion Are democracies dying?

[woolfe9998]

But we are not. Trickle down has resulted in a mass looting with generational poverty not seen since the 1930s... or worse.

And it's not just an American problem via Reagan. It is Capitalism, by its very nature. Efficiency means achieving slave labor. One way or another the consumers are left holding the bag of false promises. It is painful and it is accelerating. It is raw, unbridled, predatory Capitalism that is making people feel like destroying our system, our way of life.

Well, OK, but back in the 1930's the standard of living was vastly worse than it is now. What part of coming out of the big recession of 2008 suddenly made us more extreme? It's propaganda. Not economics. Not facts at all, really.

And since most of this lunacy is happening on the right, I highly doubt it has to do with income inequality and/or corporate looting. That's more a grievance of the left.

 

[Indus]

I think historians may refer to this period as the rebirth of the dark ages. Where once great empires and technological advances fell and a rise in "religion" (in this case it would be more like cults than official religions), where diseases spread because of beliefs and not science, because science was no longer believed or taught.

Hopefully it doesn't take 1000 years to get through it.

Hopefully we will not be one united country if that is the case.

 

[glenn1]

Well, OK, but back in the 1930's the standard of living was vastly worse than it is now. What part of coming out of the big recession of 2008 suddenly made us more extreme? It's propaganda. Not economics. Not facts at all, really.

And since most of this lunacy is happening on the right, I highly doubt it has to do with income inequality and/or corporate looting. That's more a grievance of the left.

The progressive left is chasing the vanishing returns of class warfare, as if the greatest consideration motivating voters is that they only have a 40 inch flatscreen TV whereas the rich person has an 85 inch and the progressives will ensure both wind up with 50 inch screens in the name of "equity."

 

[Indus]

The progressive left is chasing the vanishing returns of class warfare, as if the greatest consideration motivating voters is that they only have a 40 inch flatscreen TV whereas the rich person has an 85 inch and the progressives will ensure both wind up with 50 inch screens in the name of "equity."

LOL that is a lie.

Medicare for all is not 50 inch tv screens. It's life and death for many. Just compare the price of insulin in US and Canada.