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The US has proven completely unable to manage even such slight humanizing of capitalism under more favorable conditions. If there's no UBI or shortened workweeks, the blue collar is hit hardest yes. But an inability to reform capitalism is more at the root of the problem than imbalanced trade per se
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The US has proven completely unable to manage even such slight humanizing of capitalism under more favorable conditions. If there's no UBI or shortened workweeks, the blue collar is hit hardest yes. But an inability to reform capitalism is more at the root of the problem than imbalanced trade per se
Yeah, absolutely. But wasn't the promised future 8-hour work *weeks* and drudgery automated away? Again, ultimately this is the future all economic productivity advancements aspire to. Even in the EU there has been a secular trend towards less working hours (Greece notwithstanding).
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yeah, absolutely. But wasn't the promised future 8-hour work *weeks* and drudgery automated away? Again, ultimately this is the future all economic productivity advancements aspire to. Even in the EU there has been a secular trend towards less working hours (Greece notwithstanding).
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November 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Note that on the key issue, their refusal to partake in a coalition with the far right (also excluded by every party to their left), they haven't budged even as there's a new leader.
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Note that on the key issue, their refusal to partake in a coalition with the far right (also excluded by every party to their left), they haven't budged even as there's a new leader.
Not quite to the same extent though Cas. The Swedish Center party (not a group on the most progressive end of politics) leader resigned after hate campaigns by the far right, a democratic calamity, but also a sign even centrists must be doing something right to invite such harassment from the right.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Not quite to the same extent though Cas. The Swedish Center party (not a group on the most progressive end of politics) leader resigned after hate campaigns by the far right, a democratic calamity, but also a sign even centrists must be doing something right to invite such harassment from the right.
And certainly not everyone wants a majoritarian system in the Netherlands; it’s only a pet issue for D66.
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
And certainly not everyone wants a majoritarian system in the Netherlands; it’s only a pet issue for D66.
This is overly simplified, no? Yes, in coalitions, every party has to compromise. If some voters are unhappy, they can freely choose a third party.
In the US system, the Dems being the sole alternative don’t have to compromise for a functioning government, and yet they still do it.
In the US system, the Dems being the sole alternative don’t have to compromise for a functioning government, and yet they still do it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is overly simplified, no? Yes, in coalitions, every party has to compromise. If some voters are unhappy, they can freely choose a third party.
In the US system, the Dems being the sole alternative don’t have to compromise for a functioning government, and yet they still do it.
In the US system, the Dems being the sole alternative don’t have to compromise for a functioning government, and yet they still do it.
I’d say a better reflection of aspirations is the direction of travel, not the data points of a single year, and in that China’s trendline goes up while the EU’s goes down.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’d say a better reflection of aspirations is the direction of travel, not the data points of a single year, and in that China’s trendline goes up while the EU’s goes down.
Balanced trade is a bit of a different matter when it comes to the world hegemon. The US is essentially able to conjure up goods for their consumers out of thin air thanks to being the printing press for the dollar. That they never found a way to equitably share these spoils is another matter...
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Balanced trade is a bit of a different matter when it comes to the world hegemon. The US is essentially able to conjure up goods for their consumers out of thin air thanks to being the printing press for the dollar. That they never found a way to equitably share these spoils is another matter...
The red lines are science fiction I hope you realize, which doesn't mean the criti-hype doesn't serve as excellent marketing spiel.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The red lines are science fiction I hope you realize, which doesn't mean the criti-hype doesn't serve as excellent marketing spiel.
Taliban of neoliberalism indeed...
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Taliban of neoliberalism indeed...
A magnanimous, one could even say *liberal*, approach. We are not brutish, we simply believe in equal opportunity for all to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A magnanimous, one could even say *liberal*, approach. We are not brutish, we simply believe in equal opportunity for all to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
One can compare with Cph, with paid public transport, but 2/3 of daily commuters biking and for longer routes collective being easily usable, so a good alternative to cars.
Yet headline-grabbing policy suggests Tallinn is more ‘socialistic’ in its transport – which is the opposite in reality.
Yet headline-grabbing policy suggests Tallinn is more ‘socialistic’ in its transport – which is the opposite in reality.
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
One can compare with Cph, with paid public transport, but 2/3 of daily commuters biking and for longer routes collective being easily usable, so a good alternative to cars.
Yet headline-grabbing policy suggests Tallinn is more ‘socialistic’ in its transport – which is the opposite in reality.
Yet headline-grabbing policy suggests Tallinn is more ‘socialistic’ in its transport – which is the opposite in reality.
And I don’t think the article is even very good. E.g. free public transport is mostly nonexistent in EU; what matters more is the priorities in city planning and making public transport quick & comfortable. The example, Tallinn, is still a heavily car-centric city with low ridership figures.
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
And I don’t think the article is even very good. E.g. free public transport is mostly nonexistent in EU; what matters more is the priorities in city planning and making public transport quick & comfortable. The example, Tallinn, is still a heavily car-centric city with low ridership figures.
E.g. rent control in a market-dominated system like NY and in e.g. Sweden with heavy regulation & a large share of public rentals aren’t directly comparable. What really matter is affordability & homelessness.
Your three questions are cherrypickery as well, and don’t capture the bigger picture.
Your three questions are cherrypickery as well, and don’t capture the bigger picture.
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
E.g. rent control in a market-dominated system like NY and in e.g. Sweden with heavy regulation & a large share of public rentals aren’t directly comparable. What really matter is affordability & homelessness.
Your three questions are cherrypickery as well, and don’t capture the bigger picture.
Your three questions are cherrypickery as well, and don’t capture the bigger picture.
Statistical indicators of inequality, health outcomes, even cultural values all place European performance on average above the US?
And the policies don’t have to be one-on-one, they can’t be, as the EU and US institutional context can differ a lot.
And the policies don’t have to be one-on-one, they can’t be, as the EU and US institutional context can differ a lot.
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Statistical indicators of inequality, health outcomes, even cultural values all place European performance on average above the US?
And the policies don’t have to be one-on-one, they can’t be, as the EU and US institutional context can differ a lot.
And the policies don’t have to be one-on-one, they can’t be, as the EU and US institutional context can differ a lot.
Agreed with the sentiment, though the real culprit here is US big tech. ;)
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Agreed with the sentiment, though the real culprit here is US big tech. ;)
Likely just semantic confusion; I took the term ’anticommunism’ more in the colloquial sense of historically gepolitically-driven ideology, less as the antithesis of capitalist realism.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Likely just semantic confusion; I took the term ’anticommunism’ more in the colloquial sense of historically gepolitically-driven ideology, less as the antithesis of capitalist realism.
One can be anticommunist and still be guided by the goal of emancipation. The reason Canadians & Americans treat Mamdani like a strange creature from some alien world isn’t because of lingering CW-anticommunism, but for more prosaic reasons of capitalist realist propaganda.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
One can be anticommunist and still be guided by the goal of emancipation. The reason Canadians & Americans treat Mamdani like a strange creature from some alien world isn’t because of lingering CW-anticommunism, but for more prosaic reasons of capitalist realist propaganda.