The Death Spiral of the Anglo-American World (Medium essay)

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

This essay is DEFINITELY worth the read to see how the Anglo-American "special relationship" is walking off the edge of a cliff, linked arm-in-arm.

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We are caught in a death spiral now. A vicious cycle from which there is probably no escape. The average person is too poor to fund the very things — the only things — which can offer him a better life: healthcare, education, childcare, healthcare, and so on. The average person is too poor to fund public goods and social systems. The average person is too poor now to able to give anything to anyone else, to invest anything in anyone else. He lives and dies in debt to begin with — so what does he have left over to give back, put back, invest?

My main regret with this essay is that the author does not further explore the similarities of conditions between the Soviet Union and the Anglo-American societies.

[osxmatt]

That was a fucking read. It put in to words what I’m incapable of.

[Jwheel86]

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That’s not some kind of jeremiad. It’s an objective, easily observed truth. Who else in a rich society denies their neighbours healthcare and retirement? Nobody. Who else denies their own kids education? Nobody. Who else denies themselves childcare and elderly care? Nobody. Who else doesn’t want safety nets, opportunities, mobility, protection, savings, higher incomes? Nobody. Literally nobody on planet earth wants worse lives excepts us. We’re the only people on earth who thwart our own social progress, over and over again — and cheer about it.

^Unions against M4A right there. 

[Uaarkson]

This article is so poorly written and redundant. And completely hyperbolic.

[CitizenVectron]

I agree that it's not written that greatly. I think the main thrust is quite good, though.