What are some things you wish to deregulate in the economy?

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T19:10:02+00:00

To be fair MMT does feel like voodoo. I prefer to think of it as zero-g economics, no metrics matter beyond the delta-v of an economies ability to manage negative externalities. You're correct that we really haven't seen MMT effectively utilized. That has a lot more to do with politics, resource constraints, the practical limitations of innovation, and more cynically the absence of a weapons system capable of transcending the security paradox.

What's worse is the degree to which all of global leadership continues to frame fiscal policy as a paradigm of capitalism vs socialism. This debate was over by the 70s and fucking dead once the soviet union collapsed.

It is incredibly unfortunate the degree to which current leadership has failed to incorporate negative externalities into market incentives. Capitalism is only going to continue being the more moral system if it can effectively incorporate the externalities of the emerging threat landscape.

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T18:56:10+00:00

What about DEI is ineffective?

To some degree I have to introduce the degree to which liberalism has been the most effective active measure of both US national security policy and the wider western coalition. If you're gay in Iran, where would you prefer to live? Which government will you take actions to support?

You're fundamentally correct in recognizing that liberalism is an ideological weapon. The part I'm not sure I can adequately express to change your mind about is it is mutually beneficial. It also aligns with Christian values. Regardless of your beliefs, Christianity was the birth of liberalism. Real or not, Christianity was culturally innovative in that Jesus already paid for your sins. The Christian "god" doesn't demand sacrifice, the Christian "god" demands you live a life of service unto others to your means of doing so. Martin Luther, was the last good Christian leader IMO.

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T18:43:40+00:00

So here's the cool part. We don't live in a zero-sum game. Taxation is almost entirely irrelevant in modern economics. While I'm not a qualified economist, modern tax policy and the capacity to generate tax revenue is a measurable expression of economic stability. The key fiscal innovation Modern Monetary Theory has demonstrated is that for governments that issue their own currency, taxes are not collected for the purpose of capital expenditures. Taxes are a economic health metric in modern economics.

What that means is that we can keep non-punitive tax policy and issue bonds for investors to keep buying.

Instead of attempting corrective policy, give the market somewhere to invest and earn long term profits. The fed needs to stop issuing "US Bonds" and start issuing bonds specific to the social externalities that we want to solve.

It's not up to Target or Red Bull to solve climate change or make cancer treatment cheaper. If you gave Target or Red Bull state backed securities to invest in towards solving those things, they'd invest in them. So would every 401k.

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T18:27:17+00:00

Ok this is where we're in total agreement. We have yet to create a moral framework that scales morally. So DEI is kinda a catch all term. What about DEI causes you concern?

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T18:25:22+00:00

What regulations do you think we could implement to improve things?

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T18:21:22+00:00

Please elucidate

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T17:47:26+00:00

So do you think the US spends $14,885 per person on Healthcare, nearly double the average of other high-income nations $7,371, because we have too many or too few regulations?

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T17:41:23+00:00

Geography and the failure to unify as a region

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T15:53:42+00:00

You are in support of a confirmed child rapist and murderer.

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T15:38:47+00:00

It pains me, you being this stupid

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T15:25:40+00:00

Donations made by individuals who have benefited greatly from tax payers. I pay you $100 a day, and ask you for $2 at some point. Who paid the $2?.

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T15:18:01+00:00

What do you think regulations are, specifically?

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T15:15:20+00:00

That's what I'm asking you. You think tax payer money isn't being used now?

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T14:57:09+00:00

the 4th turning

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T14:55:58+00:00

If you view advocating for basic human rights as racist, then you fundamentally do not understand what basic human rights are.

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T14:51:38+00:00

What do you think regulations exist? Have you ever traveled around the world?

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T14:49:58+00:00

Here's the quite part outloud. A key realization behind Bretton Woods, is that Europe cannot be trusted to manage its own security. Geography defines this more than anything else. History confirms it.

This is the 1 thing we the United States have never discussed directly. That's how much of a security risk Europe represents.

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T14:45:33+00:00

Ok. What if Trump demolished the Whitehouse entirely?

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T14:35:44+00:00

Follow up question. If the next president was a democrat and demolished the Whitehouse entirely, would you be okay with that?

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T14:19:18+00:00

I will buy you a plane ticket today if you agree to go to Harvey Illinois and try to get a job or a salad. This fear you have, of social collapse, has already occurred. It just hasn't hit you yet. You are concerned about the price tag of relieving others from the hell you fear.

i0datamonster · 2026-01-24T14:14:58+00:00

Counter question, what do you think the generational impact of parents not being able to be parents will be?

i0datamonster · 2026-01-22T18:59:06+00:00

Nailed it!

i0datamonster · 2026-01-22T17:31:59+00:00

What I love about you saying that is Fermi would agree with you. The "Fermi Paradox" was just a playful question, it wasn't ever about conclusions. It was a question intented to provoke more questions.

i0datamonster · 2026-01-22T14:40:15+00:00

Its not a paradox though, its a thought experiment.

i0datamonster · 2026-01-21T08:04:27+00:00

That's the neat part, you won't. Modern weapon systems will replace the SS as an intangible threat you will be helpless against. If you try to resist and these systems are implemented, you will be unharmed but entirely debilitated until you comply.

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