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points by vatsachak 3 days ago | 0 comments

Why are we waiting on political movements to latch on to a revolutionary technology? If they are against you saving money vote them out, regardless of party, lol

[–] HPsquared 3 days ago

Parties are in power, not voters. Or rather, the parties hold the votes that count: those in the assembly.

[–] jmyeet 3 days ago

There is a school of thought (ie ecomodernism [1]) that believes that all big problems will be solved when the economics change. I used to believe that.

Instead we have a captured system where it's cheaper to buy the politics of wealth extraction. Historically speaking this has always led to increasing wealth inequality that is ultimately resolved by war or revolution.

If the ultra-wealthy were smart, they'd declare victory because they've never had it so good and they'd seek to give back a little to placate the populace and stave off that war and revolution. But they don't. Greed has no bounds. So at some points, the guillotines are probably making a comeback. And a lot of people are going to die as climate refugees in the coming decades.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecomodernism

[–] mindwok 2 days ago

Political movements are the crests of the waves that are voter opinion. When they move, it means the underlying beliefs move.

It’s also much more effective to grow support across the spectrum then to have an extremely polarised issue where one side gets power and just overpowers the other. Then you get the insane back and forth tug of war when they get in power and just undo everything you did. It’s pointless.

[–] smallerize 3 days ago

You only vote once every couple years. Political movements mean less waiting.