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[–] manxu@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

There is one good thing about "Abundance:" it makes for much better messaging than the traditional leftist framing.

Traditionally, leftists focused on taking from one side (the rich, owners, capital class) to give to the other (the poor, workers). That makes it appear like this is a zero-sum game and focuses the conversation on givers and takers, and engenders in some/many people fear as the primary response.

I don't think leftists emphasize enough that this is in fact not a zero-sum game: by taking from the rich and giving to the poor, you are not just being fair, you are also automatically generating growth. Capitalist economies are giant machines that suck money from the poor to the rich, and if the poor have nothing, then the rich also eventually starve.

I fully agree with the criticism in the article: Abundance tells a story without villain, and following its recommendations leads to nowhere because the problem is much bigger than what Abundance says it is. At the same time, Abundance focuses on the more. While "more" is not automatically "better," focusing on the former probably reaches a lot more people on an emotional level.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah, "Deregulate Everything". Because that has done the USA a world of good in the past 100 years.

Not sure what's supposed to be democratic about it. Or I guess they mean Democratic: OK, it needs to be pointed out. But isn't that like pointing at the splinter in the Democrat's eye while ignoring the beam in the Republican's eye?

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

GOOD Regulation can be good: like, not selling contaminated food to the public.

BAD Regulation can be VERY bad: like, requiring hospitals to use middlemen who negotiate medication pricing with insurance providers, and whose only goal is to steadily increase the "savings" to insurance by increasing the "prices", then requiring hospitals to "forgive" most of it to the insurance, while people without insurance get a bill for 1,000,000% the real cost.

Unfortunately, the US has seen bipartisan support for the latter kind, and recently has been slashing the former.

Shifting the point of view might be a good idea.