Re:China is betting that the West is in irreversible decline
by felle_realist on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:48PM
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The adoption of critical theory as a base for policy directions ("woke politics") is not what caused infrastructure to crumble. Infrastructure crumbles because it costs money to maintain while it does not return profit in the short term when maintained. In the long run crumbling infrastructure leads to a loss of profit or opportunities for such but by then those who decided not to invest in maintenance are long gone from their positions.
However, the adoption of critical theory does play a significant role in bringing about the decline of western society since it leads only to deconstruction of existing structures without providing functional alternatives.
Re:China is betting that the West is in irreversible decline
by throwaway2048 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:19PM
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This thread is predictable degenerating into "Whatever my pet peeve is, is going to be the fall of western civilization"
Re:China is betting that the West is in irreversible decline
by briantakita on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:24PM
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Yet the education & healthcare system are funded more now than ever. It seems like throwing money at the problem does not make the problem go away; throwing money at the problem may make it worse. More expensive government has opportunity costs & enables the state to have more totalitarian control. How & why did education & healthcare get bloated?
I see a lot of claims lately that 'woke politics' are the reason the US has let itself crumble and underperform for decades (relative to its potential), but 'woke politics' is a fairly new thing, and progressives generally aren't against infrastructure spending or universal healthcare or investing in education/science/tech, so I don't see the connection. The 'woke'/progressive politicians actually tend to favor this type of major investment/public spending more than the right does.