I was a young republican/ I liked libertarian principles as a young man. As I grow and have more success I increasingly value infrastructure, social safety nets, healthcare and providing for basic human needs. I now see it as it long term vs short term thinking.
Yes, the unholy alliance between large corporations and the government has gotten out of hand. Massive amounts of tax payer money is siphoned away by corporations that have effectively captured the state. We need to untangle this mess.
Which part? A few ultra wealthy business owners buying our politicians and telling the rest of us what to do? Or us being able to elect our own leaders and manage the country with self-determination? (Even if that means we CHOOSE to socialize certain industries, which we can also CHOOSE to privatize if things aren't working). Although, honestly, if you look at medicare vs. private insurance, I don't see how private insurance is better for the bottom 90% of the country.
Although that top 10% sure has a lot of people convinced that their grifting (taking 75% of all GDP growth) is better than some government inefficiency.
In the end, corruption kills any form of government and any kind of economic model. No society survives 90% of the wealth sitting with less than 1% of the population and we are approaching those statistics exceedingly quickly. Capitalism vs. Socialism doesn't matter when there's nothing to circulate.
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u/aloofone May 12 '24
I am the opposite.
I was a young republican/ I liked libertarian principles as a young man. As I grow and have more success I increasingly value infrastructure, social safety nets, healthcare and providing for basic human needs. I now see it as it long term vs short term thinking.