Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Billionaires Trade Democracy for Tax Cuts! (w/ Edward Luce) | Bulwark Podcast" video.

  1. Which system? Our society is a system of systems. Can you pinpoint where it’s going wrong? When you say people, do you mean everyone or a subset (for example, politicians)? I see capitalism as a social technology. It’s a method or framework for creating value and for distributing goods and services. This is why it can be integrated into a variety of political systems. We go wrong when we think that there is an ideal capitalism end sate if we strictly adhere to laissez-faire capitalism. This is religion and/or ideology. If you accept my premise that capitalism is a technology, you might ask how does it fulfill its role as a value generator and distributor of goods/services? Put another way, what is it? It’s an engine. Engines do work. More questions arise: How can it be harnessed? Who should benefit from the work that it does? In a democracy, we can answer these questions and determine how to make it work for the benefit of the greatest number while rewarding those individuals who take risks. In this motor analogy, we can tweak the engine to suit our purpose. If society is some sort of car or motor vehicle, is it a race car? A bus? Or is it a luxury sedan? Does it have safety features to protect the passengers? Now we’re talking about the design of the vehicle itself. In a democracy, we get to answer these questions. We get to negotiate between differences of opinion on the purpose and design of both the vehicle and the motor and all the other vehicle stuff (seating, drive train, steering, suspension, safety features, etc.). In non democracies, we do not. The design is imposed on us to benefit a very few.
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  2. Reagan. Did Reagan throw out liberal consensus? What was it before Reagan? I’m not so sure it ever existed. Do you mean that the Democratic Party was pulled towards the right? How far to the right was it pulled from where it was before Reagan?
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  3. What Republican policies? Are there any actual policies? All I see is posturing, posing, sloganeering, and threats. For example, “Close the border” isn’t a realistic policy, it’s not even a policy. It’s a slogan. And when the plan is to undermine currently proposed solutions to harm the current President, it’s a pose.
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  4. Yes. Capitalism is maleable and can serve the people in a democracy, both worker and business owners. The problem is when people turn it into a religion.
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