I find it interesting to think you can socially engineer a society. It's such a unfathomable complex system that most the time, I imagine we're probably only 'right' by accident. Like one of scott's prescriptions is higher taxes - sure maybe that could be good if paired with wiser government spending but realistically that may just get poured into unproductive subsidies, regulations, or healthcare and military-comple…
There's no modern eqivalent of Carnegie libraries.
I'll take my chances with the government, at least we have some control of what they do
> I find it interesting to think you can socially engineer a society. That's certainly not a new from of arrogance, people without the WIS to match their INT have been trying to construct utopias for quite a while.
Yet psyops/marketing proof to be very effective, thus it does work to a certain extend. Both are currently engineering society at above cold war levels. How effective it is might even be relatively simple to measure because of various methods of the past being reintroduced.
This feels like a non sequitur apropos the parent comment. Could you elaborate?
He is right, but the young can change things. The sad fact is they do not vote, and if they vote at all it is only in presidential. Even in those elections well less then 50% vote. They are a big voting block, if they all start voting, including in local elections, in about 10 years you will see change. But seems people these days want instant change. 2024 will be a big tell for the young, depending on who wins, thin…
Every individual with a Dollar in his/her pocket votes at every transaction. This may have more influence on powerful corpororations compared to voting for a party you have even less of a relationship with or stake in.
It's a difference of kind, not degree. A dollar is a vote within a marketplace; a vote determines the shape of the marketplace itself. The idea that the market can solve all things is core to neo-liberal capitalism, but has been widely discredited. In fact, Scott Galloway's excellent talk can be seen as the direct result of neo-liberal policies since the 90's.
The whole world nearly is ruining young folks and couples by letting housing be so expensive. It's ridiculous given the amazing tech we have for comfortable shelter, but prices are still sky high. There's no excuse. Forget coastal California, lots of cheap land is available.
One more "doable" for Scott - Campaign finance reform. It doesn't matter who you vote for if when they get to congress, they represent their donors rather than the voters. We could call our current system "free speech" or we could call it "legalized bribery." We made the wrong choice.
Yet psyops/marketing proof to be very effective, thus it does work to a certain extend. Both are currently engineering society at above cold war levels. How effective it is might even be relatively simple to measure because of various methods of the past being reintroduced.
This feels like a non sequitur apropos the parent comment. Could you elaborate?
He is right, but the young can change things. The sad fact is they do not vote, and if they vote at all it is only in presidential. Even in those elections well less then 50% vote. They are a big voting block, if they all start voting, including in local elections, in about 10 years you will see change. But seems people these days want instant change. 2024 will be a big tell for the young, depending on who wins, thin…
Every individual with a Dollar in his/her pocket votes at every transaction. This may have more influence on powerful corpororations compared to voting for a party you have even less of a relationship with or stake in.
But if you don't have very many dollars in your pocket, you don't have very much say.