Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would be “America’s Chernobyl”

Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @11:41AM (#24283458)

>>> The most powerful nation in history cannot erase poverty, provide full employment, guarantee decent housing or an adequate diet or good health care to its people. Meanwhile, the rich get richer.

> Don’t have to be Marxist to see that.

No. And you can see the consequences that are plastered all over the evening news.

Whether Marx has the right solution is a different question. But the problem is real. (Myself, I'd be inclined to say that Germany has a better solution than either the US or Marx. But I've never lived and worked in that system, so I don't really know.)

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by adamsea on Thursday August 27, 2020 @09:02AM (#24293235)

I agree : ). Don't think I'd call myself a Marxist but I think the school of intellectual thought he spawned (as opposed to the totalitarian governments mis-using his name) makes valuable contributions to understanding our politics and economy.

And yeah I like the German social-democrat model too.

Also, big-ups to us for having a fairly civil conversation : ).

[ Parent | on HN ]