I dunno. The contention from you seemed to be "even the proles have all they need and they aint happy" but it's quite obvious from where I'm sitting that they don't have all they need.All that seems aside tho to the contention—mine—that subsidizing medical bills would have fuck-all effect on dissatisfaction in this country. And I think you see that with something like Obamacare, which while obviously not a cure-all, didn't even move the dial.
This is the thing though... this is poverty, you're muddling along and keeping your head above water, you're washing machine or your fridge or whatever breaks and it's, I dunno, three hundred quid, and you can't swallow that, or you can but it matters, you gotta get a loan or whatever and it hurts you. And, you got people in the US not going to hospital for basic ailments cos the cost can disrupt their life.
I'm saying it's hard to evaluate the satisfaction of content people when - from outside - they're not that content.I feel like we're having different conversations. I'm trying to argue that medical debt isn't the primary driver of dissatisfaction, and you're arguing that the US should provide health care to the poor. I agree with the latter!!
dont you think that something like universalized health care would assuage dissatisfaction coming from a sense of abandonment though? being 'left out' of the future as you say? not a cure all of course, but theres overlap in these conversations.Ah I see what you're saying
Maybe one point that leads us to different places is I don't think dissatisfaction is driven by proles
Or at least, not leftist dissatisfaction
Prole dissatisfaction in the USA looks like Trump supporters
With whom?henry george, for one, drastically disagrees—
Im sorry Im also very high. Didnt even see it@Linebaugh you're gonna leave the epic Henry George comment hangin and respond to my bullshit instead?
If we were to abolish hunger, and guarantee everybody enough land-value that their labor could provide enough for them, do you not think this situation would change? Isn't the grim reality that a true increase in the welfare of the lower classes is impossible in the US the fundamental cause of the uncharitable mindset? many live today like starved men at a dinner table—they lack table manners, lack concern for their fellows, because they cannot prioritize it over base survival. and even those that have enough, or have enough right now, know that the devil catches the hindmost—who could ease up on their quest for wealth when those who do find themselves hungry?
Im sorry Im also very high. Didnt even see it