The Vaccine Had to Be Used. He Used It. He Was Fired

Re:The Vaccine Had to Be Used. He Used It. He Was Fired by kryogen1c on Thursday February 11, 2021 @10:49AM (#26102845)

the real problem is that two core issues exist in opposition: 1) what is the most cost efficient way to solve the problem 2) how people feel about the chosen solution

solving 1 does not automatically solve 2. the slider between anarchocapitalism and state-owned and -operated socialism belongs somewhere in the middle and everyone wants to tug it into a different spot.

if theres anything the internet + social media is teaching us, its that the public has a very, very bad habit of watching one 15 second video of anecdata and vigorously extrapolating, thinking they have arrived at actual data.

all it would take is a couple tweets about some homeless asshole partying in his free government house with his foodstamp money to upset 2 and overthrow 1, even if it was the best solution on the spreadsheet.

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Re:The Vaccine Had to Be Used. He Used It. He Was Fired by sudosysgen on Thursday February 11, 2021 @12:02PM (#26104033)

There is no slider between state socialism and anarchocapitalism. Economically, there are quite a few more axes. It's possible to have full socialism without anymore state ownership than today, and it's possible to have capitalism with a lot of state ownership, and it's also possible to have cybernetics-market chimera to organize the economy.

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