[quote]siouxperman wrote:
I’d say the real problem is the growing divide between rich and poor. Fuck if I know how to fix it, but it’s sort of crazy to look at the data: Who Rules America: Wealth, Income, and Power
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Distributism.[/quote]
What about it
edit: how does it not end up turning out the same?[/quote]
I don’t understand?[/quote]
Neither do I. Has it ever been implemented with any success?[/quote]
Yes. And, it wasn’t really implemented. It is just basically governments taking a hands off approach unless they are absolutely needed.
The best way I have described Distributism is micro-capitalism with morals enforced by subsidiarity.
[quote]orion wrote:
“Studied” would be a bit much, but I cannot envision any way of getting there without some very heavy state intervention. [/quote]
State intervention and especially heavy state intervention is the opposite of Distributism.
Well this isn’t a plan that is automatically brought into practice. It takes education, it is a bottom up strategy rather than a top down strategy. [/quote]
[quote]siouxperman wrote:
I’d say the real problem is the growing divide between rich and poor. Fuck if I know how to fix it, but it’s sort of crazy to look at the data: Who Rules America: Wealth, Income, and Power [/quote]
You don’t fix it. Why this is even viewed as something that gov’t intervention can and even should address is disturbing. [/quote]
Not sure what advocation for government intervention you’re referring to. And yup, nothing needs any fixing. Everything seems to be working nicely. Especially the part where overcompensated fucks running multinational companies can screw shit up for everyone else not see any personal repercussions. They get to fuck up all they want. This goddamn situation is just so perfect I’m beside myself. The things that disturb you don’t seem to be reasonable.
[quote]siouxperman wrote:
I’d say the real problem is the growing divide between rich and poor. Fuck if I know how to fix it, but it’s sort of crazy to look at the data: Who Rules America: Wealth, Income, and Power
[/quote]
Distributism.[/quote]
What about it
edit: how does it not end up turning out the same?[/quote]
I don’t understand?[/quote]
Neither do I. Has it ever been implemented with any success?[/quote]
Yes. And, it wasn’t really implemented. It is just basically governments taking a hands off approach unless they are absolutely needed.
The best way I have described Distributism is micro-capitalism with morals enforced by subsidiarity. :)[/quote]
Just kinda seems like something better fit for a couple hundred years ago rather than today. Sort of a pipe dream for the US as it is.
[quote]orion wrote:
“Studied” would be a bit much, but I cannot envision any way of getting there without some very heavy state intervention. [/quote]
State intervention and especially heavy state intervention is the opposite of Distributism.
Well this isn’t a plan that is automatically brought into practice. It takes education, it is a bottom up strategy rather than a top down strategy. [/quote]
[quote]siouxperman wrote:
I’d say the real problem is the growing divide between rich and poor. Fuck if I know how to fix it, but it’s sort of crazy to look at the data: Who Rules America: Wealth, Income, and Power
[/quote]
Distributism.[/quote]
What about it
edit: how does it not end up turning out the same?[/quote]
I don’t understand?[/quote]
Neither do I. Has it ever been implemented with any success?[/quote]
Yes. And, it wasn’t really implemented. It is just basically governments taking a hands off approach unless they are absolutely needed.
The best way I have described Distributism is micro-capitalism with morals enforced by subsidiarity. :)[/quote]
Just kinda seems like something better fit for a couple hundred years ago rather than today. Sort of a pipe dream for the US as it is.[/quote]
A lot of things seemed like a pipe dream but that was never an excuse to not try it.
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
307,006.550 x.5 = 1,535,032 people do you think we have that many charitable people in America , I don’t[/quote]
Get rid of the taxes on business and get them jobs, then watch that number plummet. Private charity would be more then capable of taking care of it then.
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
307,006.550 x.5 = 1,535,032 people do you think we have that many charitable people in America , I don’t[/quote]
Get rid of the taxes on business and get them jobs, then watch that number plummet. Private charity would be more then capable of taking care of it then.[/quote]
Big tenet of Distributism. The government stops stealing property from citizens.
[quote]orion wrote:
“Studied” would be a bit much, but I cannot envision any way of getting there without some very heavy state intervention. [/quote]
State intervention and especially heavy state intervention is the opposite of Distributism.
Well this isn’t a plan that is automatically brought into practice. It takes education, it is a bottom up strategy rather than a top down strategy. [/quote]
Yeah well, then it wont happen. [/quote]
More of a chance then anarchy. :)[/quote]
Oh, the chances of that are becoming better by the minute.
Whether we will like the forms it will take is another matter.
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
307,006.550 x.5 = 1,535,032 people do you think we have that many charitable people in America , I don’t[/quote]
Get rid of the taxes on business and get them jobs, then watch that number plummet. Private charity would be more then capable of taking care of it then.[/quote]
I agree we need more jobs and they need to pay what the market will bring, if it takes $25 an hour to get worker in the fields to pick vegatables
