Decoding the 4T - The Winners

[David Horn]

(04-24-2018, 08:27 PM)Another Xer Wrote:

(04-24-2018, 01:53 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(04-22-2018, 11:24 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(04-22-2018, 09:34 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: This brainwashed bottle blond makes me sick to hear her. Someone like her could have been as easily extolling the wonders of the German Democratic Republic (the infamous East Germany)  at one time.

Certainly there's plenty of polling showing that Millenials as a whole care little for democracy and like socialism, both of which would make them good fits for the former East Germany.  I don't think that particular Millenial has gone that far on those issues, but plenty of her generation has.

Why should they care about democracy, when it has failed them at every turn.  Capitalism, likewise.  That doesn't make them authoritarians or communists.  Trump is more authoritarian than any leader we've ever had, and the Millies hate him.  I do think they prefer socialism, though they seem ill prepared to understand it very well.

They will usher in a post-capitalism era, or they will become the worst type of wage slaves.  At some level, they understand THAT very well.

Nobody understands socialism.  For various people socialism means anything from Stalinism to social security.  We need better words.

I agree with this entirely.  It's impossible to discuss any topic if the words we use to discuss it don't have mutually agreed meanings.  Even more to the point, as AI makes much work -- even highly paid work like Radiologists -- obsolete, what then?  We've been trained to believe our personal value is tied to what we do.  If that is ground into dust, then what replaces it, chaos?  Socialism, in some undefined form, is the most likely option for a positive result, but what form?

Whatever direction the economy  takes, I won't be around to see the final product.  I won't be around to see the final version of the first draft.  Do I maintain the right to put in my $0.02 worth, or is this the purview of the next generations?  I have strong opinions, but I won't have to suffer if they prove false.