Is material wealth relevant anymore?
People often compare the economy to a large pie, where you get less if I get more and there's only so much to go around. That might have been relevant a century ago, but since the dawn of the fiat currency, the game has changed. We can derive value from things that aren't limited by tangibility; things like contracts or vidya or just experiences. Money can be created from thin air via the fractional reserve system. Our cash is slowly being phased into electrons in wires and over the air. Does the pie example matter anymore? Have we finally broken the final chains against true progress? Once we overcome fear and anxiety, will growth continue unabated?
I've been thinking about this a lot recently and I'm both terrified and in awe. Please discuss.
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>>1745189 (OP)
>Is material wealth relevant anymore?
to anybody who is starving, without clean water, impoverished or unable to afford quality housing or amenities, yes. very much
January 20, 2017
January 19, 2017
Glue Job: Trump Hater
While I don't want Trump in office and want to see him out of office, IMPEACHING him and Pence is the way to go.
I utterly despise Trump and Pence, but assassination is NOT an acceptable way to go about doing it; it undermines the concept of the peaceful transition of power. As much as I hate Trump, he should be allowed to be inaugurated in peace and safety; as much as I hate it, he DID win the election under the rules present at the time.
[And while Republican state governments did engage in voter suppression, that's also on the Democrats for not taking a stronger stance against it, not fighting harder against the laws and filing enough lawsuits to try to get them overturned by the courts; we were not proactive enough here.]
I want Trump and Pence removed from office - but I want it by a legal process - such as impeachment - its not realistically going to happen unless he messes up so badly that the Republicans ALSO turn on them - but we need to be a nation of laws and our rules.
Moreover, if he were killed, that would turn him into a martyr for his cause. That would be a highly undesirable option. We want him to go out in disgrace an ignominy; one despised and ridiculed, not one revered as some kind of hero who gave his life for a cause. Hence, it is infinitely preferable to see him impeached; so that it can be a mark of shame over his legacy into eternity.
Him being assassinated would basically be one of the worst possible outcomes for our democracy, and I'm saying that as someone who hates his guts.
He should either serve out his term and then be voted out or more ideally get impeached out of office before that.
I utterly despise Trump and Pence, but assassination is NOT an acceptable way to go about doing it; it undermines the concept of the peaceful transition of power. As much as I hate Trump, he should be allowed to be inaugurated in peace and safety; as much as I hate it, he DID win the election under the rules present at the time.
[And while Republican state governments did engage in voter suppression, that's also on the Democrats for not taking a stronger stance against it, not fighting harder against the laws and filing enough lawsuits to try to get them overturned by the courts; we were not proactive enough here.]
I want Trump and Pence removed from office - but I want it by a legal process - such as impeachment - its not realistically going to happen unless he messes up so badly that the Republicans ALSO turn on them - but we need to be a nation of laws and our rules.
Moreover, if he were killed, that would turn him into a martyr for his cause. That would be a highly undesirable option. We want him to go out in disgrace an ignominy; one despised and ridiculed, not one revered as some kind of hero who gave his life for a cause. Hence, it is infinitely preferable to see him impeached; so that it can be a mark of shame over his legacy into eternity.
Him being assassinated would basically be one of the worst possible outcomes for our democracy, and I'm saying that as someone who hates his guts.
He should either serve out his term and then be voted out or more ideally get impeached out of office before that.
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