Important Lesson of 2020 - "We live in a SOCIETY, not an economy"

[kpete]

[gab13by13]

1. Excellent post,

try telling that to a Libertarian.

[erronis]

2. You mean the DJIA at 30,000 is not a healthy economy?

Obviously the rich can afford good health care. So there.

[uponit7771]

6. +1, I worked in finance and for so long high stock market meant a lot of jobs no more. I pray those

... two are no longer connected by the M$M or money folk.

It was a disgusting connection in the first place, its not the priority of a company to hire as many people as possible but to get the highest equity

[Tommymac]

3. K & R for Common Sense

Awesome. Thanks!

[Yavin4]

4. We value capital over human life.

That's why our covid numbers are far higher than other developed nations.

[iluvtennis]

16. Exactly. nt

[tecelote]

5. "That we live in a society, not an economy."

I'm going to remember that!

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Yes

they have been brainwashed by the business schools to try to run "everything 'public' like a business" including "government", "education", and "healthcare".

I.e., everything must be "monetized".

[malaise]

11. Correct

Business school talk

[BumRushDaShow]

12. I know before I retired from the feds

I had all kinds of yearly training that essentially drowned us in "business jargon" and I was expected to write up stuff that used the terms or the higher-ups were "lost". Used to call it "verbal vomit".

[malaise]

15. The most disturbing part of this neo-liberal ideology is the view that government

is inefficient so privatize it.
The Postal Services across the globe are now proof of deliberate destruction so that the business folks can seize the service.
Postal Services used to be among the most efficient of all services. They have also sabotaged health care, education and infrastructure. Even those that aren't stolen lock, stock and barrel are sabotaged so that the crooks prevail.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. And speaking of that

I literally JUST got a priority mail (3-day) package delivered about 15 minutes ago that should have been delivered on December 18th if fucking DeJoy had left our city's sorting equipment alone.

That last "postal enhancement" law needs to be changed but I'm sure the GOP will block every effort to do that (although after this latest mail fiasco, maybe there will be more impetus to do it).

[malaise]

19. Happened to my siblings and I

Just got notice that my package is now being cleared in JA - was sent on Dec 17. Similar packages to siblings in the US arrived so late they had to throw out the homemade banana bread. This crap never used to happen.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Your title is a really key point that all citizens of all kinds need to take on board if not already

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

9. KnR...nt

[malaise]

10. Been saying this for decades but this way

We live in a society not a market

[AllaN01Bear]

13. bookmarked

[KY_EnviroGuy]

14. Those eight words define the Democratic and Republican parties in a nutshell.

"We live in a SOCIETY, not an economy"

Democrats support people, communities, cultures and societies.
Democrats believe what's good for the poor man benefits everyone.

Republicans only support business interests and people of high wealth.
Republicans believe what's good for the rich man benefits everyone.


KY........

[First Speaker]

17. The economy is to a nation what a skeleton is to a human being...

...it's vital to keep it in good working order, and you won't get very far without it. But it isn't what a country *is*...

[world wide wally]

20. And that must be why MAGATs are so passionate about Trump getting 4 more years

[Irish_Dem]

21. We are citizens, not consumers. nt

[Skittles]

22. I wish he would have spell-checked

heath is public?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. , that CEOs are superfluous overhead expenses, along with many other 1%ers.