Yes. But it’s been put on hyperdrive in the past two hundred years, consuming the entire planet and most of its occupants. So much so, that it pushes the entire global society to the brink of extinction.
Sure, Godfrey. But people elected to government do not always know this is the effect of their policy. Most never even know 1% of the policy, have you seen the stacks of Statutes and Acts in Parliaments? It's insane. So, all due respect, you comment is a bit pathetic, it is not helpful. Are you advocating violent overthrow of governments? How? We already elect people in to political seats who surely do not want to be voting to exploit the poorest. We can do things to help them be better. Send them this podcast episode for instance, they might not listen, but you never know when you will get lucky and strike a good soul.
"Mass exploitation of the poor, alternating with mass indifference to the poor, has been government policy since ancient Roman times, but not since ancient Confucian times. We would do well to study the a governance system built on compassion, like China's".
"The core problem in our society is not "capitalism" or "the free market", per se, but rather the mass exploitation of the poor."
Mass exploitation of the poor, alternating with mass indifference to the poor, has been government policy since ancient Roman times.
Yes. But it’s been put on hyperdrive in the past two hundred years, consuming the entire planet and most of its occupants. So much so, that it pushes the entire global society to the brink of extinction.
Sure, Godfrey. But people elected to government do not always know this is the effect of their policy. Most never even know 1% of the policy, have you seen the stacks of Statutes and Acts in Parliaments? It's insane. So, all due respect, you comment is a bit pathetic, it is not helpful. Are you advocating violent overthrow of governments? How? We already elect people in to political seats who surely do not want to be voting to exploit the poorest. We can do things to help them be better. Send them this podcast episode for instance, they might not listen, but you never know when you will get lucky and strike a good soul.
Yes, I should have completed my thought:
"Mass exploitation of the poor, alternating with mass indifference to the poor, has been government policy since ancient Roman times, but not since ancient Confucian times. We would do well to study the a governance system built on compassion, like China's".