Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital

Re:Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital by zozbot234 on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @06:56AM (#38939013)

"Austerity is antidemocratic", indeed because a democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.

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Re:Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital by aredox on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @11:06AM (#38940073)

Thank god for the enlightened elite taking charge of things, then!

(Who vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.)

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Re:Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital by avgcorrection on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @11:15AM (#38940186)

Insert any other group and you realize how stupid that statement is.

> Indeed, because an oligarchy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the billionaires realize that they can bribe themselves largesse from the public treasury

There is always an equilibrium point. The oligarchs won’t suck the state’s teat to the point where the state collapses.

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