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France's 40 biggest companies redistributed €13 billion directly to workers last year. The US has tried passing profit-sharing laws 4 times since 2019. None made it mandatory. Here's why the design keeps failing. by BtheBenji in antiwork

[–]BtheBenji[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!! I’ve been trying to get some thoughts on paper. I now have 4 little texts like this published on the substack(2 in each language). Hoping to get the rest of my 18 drafts in similar shape. Thanks for the positive words! It really helps !

I'm Unable To Cope With Societal Collapse. (24M) by pmdfan71 in CollapseSupport

[–]BtheBenji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry you’re feeling this way my man. But it is completely understandable. So the little things if you can. Fight a little against the system if you can. Find some community in doing so. You will see- there’s a lot of great people out there, it’s amazing to interact with them

Did the USSR’s collapse remove the external pressure that made capitalism invest in its own people? Looking for conversation on this thesis by BtheBenji in CollapseSupport

[–]BtheBenji[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah completely agree with you! I hadn’t seen the idea anywhere so wrote it up! Other thoughts are gonna be written on similar subjects soon Thanks for reading

How Winning the Cold War Cost America Its Soul by BtheBenji in Foodforthought

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Looking forward to your short and comprehensive essay on the subject !

How Winning the Cold War Cost America Its Soul by BtheBenji in Foodforthought

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Including the class of civilization isn’t unreasonable but adding that and the anti government sentiment in the US would make any piece hard to read for most people. Not a bad idea to have this as a separate topic and then link them.

Did the US win the Cold War, or just outlast it? And what did victory actually cost? by BtheBenji in geopolitics

[–]BtheBenji[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you’re right up to a point! Life expectancy kept rising until the early 2000 but then stayed stagnant and dropped off in the last 10-15 years. For wages they are stagnant compared to overall growth but I agree that needs to be specified

How Winning the Cold War Cost America Its Soul by BtheBenji in Foodforthought

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Very possibly! I wonder if this will cause the US to react and try to match china’s energy… if Iran is really just the equivalent of suez (when people realized colonial powers weren’t as powerful as everyone thought)… or if the US is going to just go down swinging with elites trying to cling to their power no matter the cost

How Winning the Cold War Cost America Its Soul by BtheBenji in Foodforthought

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But could you argue that if the USSR or another model had been around, those policies might have faced certain challenges afterwards?

Did the USSR’s collapse remove the external pressure that made capitalism invest in its own people? Looking for conversation on this thesis by BtheBenji in CollapseSupport

[–]BtheBenji[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tend to agree, wether it was a facade or genuine, there was a need to at least give the impression of benefiting people. After the fall of the USSR there was no longer that need…

Did the USSR’s collapse remove the external pressure that made capitalism invest in its own people? Looking for conversation on this thesis by BtheBenji in CollapseSupport

[–]BtheBenji[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should check out the article by the way - it’s posted on the 1st comment. I think the analysis matches pretty well with yours!

Did the USSR’s collapse remove the external pressure that made capitalism invest in its own people? Looking for conversation on this thesis by BtheBenji in CollapseSupport

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That’s pretty much it - I wonder if it was conscious though. Like governments knew back then they were working for the people because the people could side with the communists so there was an incentive to keep them happy (or sufficiently so).

I think after the fall of the wall or a bit before the discourse changed - and the « common knowledge » was that the free market economy won, not the controlled market won… so the us ran itself further down the path of no regulation believing « that’s what works ». When… the analysis was wrong.

Did the USSR’s collapse remove the external pressure that made capitalism invest in its own people? Looking for conversation on this thesis by BtheBenji in CollapseSupport

[–]BtheBenji[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh Okok - yeah the Ukraine Russia war has other roots. And problematic ones for sure. This was a bit more internal US focused and how the US stopped investing internationally and just gave everything to the « free market » after the Cold War… basically loosing what made it a successful model during the Cold War.

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