Re:Anthony Bourdain on not having debt
by varelse on Thursday March 16, 2017 @08:59AM
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The problem (IMO of course) is that there is no better and attainable option.
For in the current system, you broadly have the choice of:
1. Wasting your money on exotic weaponry and wars of expansion whilst starving the populace and enabling a small subpopulation of rich cheaters to dodge their fair societal debt
2. Wasting money on enabling social programs that allow a large subpopulation of poor cheaters to dodge their fair share of societal debt and hinder the rich from buying a second yacht.
I believe South Park refers to this as "Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich."
Sadly, in both cases, the upper middle class ends up footing most of the bill.
The past 2 months have illustrated the sort of alternative that can actually get elected here. Do you find this encouraging? I don't.
For in the current system, you broadly have the choice of:
1. Wasting your money on exotic weaponry and wars of expansion whilst starving the populace and enabling a small subpopulation of rich cheaters to dodge their fair societal debt
2. Wasting money on enabling social programs that allow a large subpopulation of poor cheaters to dodge their fair share of societal debt and hinder the rich from buying a second yacht.
I believe South Park refers to this as "Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich."
Sadly, in both cases, the upper middle class ends up footing most of the bill.
The past 2 months have illustrated the sort of alternative that can actually get elected here. Do you find this encouraging? I don't.