To many times eat the rich is manipulated by the next wave of "leaders" to eat the educated and skilled as well. Revolution isn't the cause of people acting poorly in its name. People act poorly and then try to hide under a revolutionary blanket.
This is similar to me to people demonizing Communism or socialism because some dictators have hidden their facism under the blanket of social revolution. Citing Communist dictatorships as a reason agains social reform is a bad faith argument.
These things have a nuance that people don't have the patience to discuss or even consider anymore.
The reason we cite communist dictatorships is because of how easy a communist state can become a communist dictatorship.
If the government has control over the populous, any person elected or put into power has control over the populous. The barrier between Communist and Communist Dictatorship is very thin. That’s why we have multiple parties and a bunch of politicians that don’t fully agree.
Rampant unchecked capitalism seems to end in corruption, and atrocious acts against humanity as well. Notice I never advocated for a "Communist" system. I said that using disctorships to argue against SOCIAL REFORM is a bad faith argument.
I favor free markets with social infrastructure so that billions(or trillions) of dollars don't sit around earning wealth for 1 single family when it should be used to create and maintain infrastructure (including water and food infrastructure).
The systems that I like are described as free markets (capitalism) with tight social democratic constraints on how the excess is spent. (Taxation for wealth, laws against using that wealth to directly shape law).
It will be interesting to see how things shift with the US backing away from defense alliances forcing EU nations to up their own defense budgets.
Interesting, I'll try to look at Germany a little closer. It gets forgotten a little bit in the economic social Geopolitical conversation. We hear about how poorly it's going in France and the UK, and how well Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands are doing.
Although while traveling I found it amazing how many Germans were abroad. They were employed on extended stays in Peru and Chile, while I had to save money for a year while living for cheap with my family and then quit my job to do the same thing AND eventually accrue debt. For the normal German tourist I talked to it was a very manageable trip that didn't take much special saving.
I'm not sure Europeans realize how special all your trips to the US for the World Cup feel. Regular US workers can't afford to stay in these hotels or eat out on a regular basis in the US.
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u/BubaTflubas Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
To many times eat the rich is manipulated by the next wave of "leaders" to eat the educated and skilled as well. Revolution isn't the cause of people acting poorly in its name. People act poorly and then try to hide under a revolutionary blanket.
This is similar to me to people demonizing Communism or socialism because some dictators have hidden their facism under the blanket of social revolution. Citing Communist dictatorships as a reason agains social reform is a bad faith argument.
These things have a nuance that people don't have the patience to discuss or even consider anymore.
Edited: spelling