06-07-2019, 05:56 AM
vine,
Think for a minute. Your whines about collusion between government and business is the worst kind of crony capitalism, and a direct result of ordinary voters favoring just that. If you elect people to govern you who believe that business should be left to its own devices, this is just what you get. This time, it started in Nixon, Ford and Carter, but erupted in earnest with Ronald Reagan -- but its origins are much older. The Great Depression ended the first experiment in unfettered private enterprise, and big government was the response. Was it perfect? Of course not. It's an institution created and run by human beings, but things got demonstrably better. Business, especially big business, hated it.
So now, we've had 50 years of returning to the old model. You, obviously, hate it. Your answer is hands-off. Really? Power exists in a wealthy society, and someone will wield it. Leaving it to the good graces of the avaricious to be good and do good is beyond naïve. It's insane.
Think for a minute. Your whines about collusion between government and business is the worst kind of crony capitalism, and a direct result of ordinary voters favoring just that. If you elect people to govern you who believe that business should be left to its own devices, this is just what you get. This time, it started in Nixon, Ford and Carter, but erupted in earnest with Ronald Reagan -- but its origins are much older. The Great Depression ended the first experiment in unfettered private enterprise, and big government was the response. Was it perfect? Of course not. It's an institution created and run by human beings, but things got demonstrably better. Business, especially big business, hated it.
So now, we've had 50 years of returning to the old model. You, obviously, hate it. Your answer is hands-off. Really? Power exists in a wealthy society, and someone will wield it. Leaving it to the good graces of the avaricious to be good and do good is beyond naïve. It's insane.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.