ACA Repeal/Replace: Progressives Face Moral Dilemma

[Bob Butler 54]

Kinser

The best gravity energy storage system I’ve seen implemented involved pumping water from a lower reservoir to a higher one. Big lakes. This depends on geography though. You need the right terrain for the lakes. They are also experimenting with flywheel systems. The technology is still changing enough, though, that I haven’t a clear feeling on what will eventually win out.

I agree that the capitalist system is at risk. Your time frame of a large transition come the next 2T or 4T is a decent guess. An economy of plenty replacing an economy of scarcity is a decent way of expressing it. Assuming there is enough to go around, how does one make sure everyone gets a piece of the pie?

We’re going to disagree on equality vs privilege. If a culture has built in schema to keep racial, cultural and gender related groups in their place, some effort should be made to suppress such schemes.

I can agree that we ought to shift off of the red / blue pattern, but values and culture are very very stubborn. Cultures don’t change values unless the old values have utterly failed at a high level. People are going to remain stuck on the independence vs. strong community issues until one or the other fails big time. Even if this divide isn’t necessarily important in and of itself, the capitalist elites are using it as a fine distraction that keeps the pendulum swinging.

Again, your are confusing liberty and privilege.

Your view of your father’s people skills remind me of your opinion on Stalin’s and Mao’s farm management skills. I doubt I can convince you that the sky is blue. We’ll just have to wait to see how things play out.