We need to really push the positives of Capitalism (even it's limited residue today): life has never been healthier and with freedom, we could add decades to life expectancy.
Never have we had access to more knowledge & art -- just imagine a world where that was appreciated.
AI & robotics, if allowed to develop will make the world a even better place with access to even more human values. Driverless cars will make our roads safer, less congested and buy us valuable time (what is more precious than that).
We need more freedom to make this a reality.
Supersonic jets, space travel, will open up the sky even more and allow us to travel with min. waste of Time... 5G or 6G globally will allow us to be constantly connected to all that knowledge, art, entertainment, loved ones...
We need more freedom to make this a reality.
We need to focus our energies on fighting for the future, not the past. The future can be glorious.
Non of this will happen because of politicians. we get what we (culturally) deserve. It will happen because of a better culture. That is where the fight is.
Fight for a culture of reason & individualism. A culture of Progress and innovation. A culture of entrepreneurship and wealth creation. A culture that admires real wealth creators, real artists, real scientists. A culture of active minded, truth seekers.
Such a culture, such a world, such progress is possible. But it's going to require a fight of epic proportion -- a fight focused on proper philosophy & education.
If we shifted our focus from politics and to where the real battle is - we can and will win.
@yaronbrook
Good Luck - if the obvious signs of how living standards have improved and poverty reduced and goods and services available to billions is not proof of capitalism then nothing will be convincing - it was, is and will always be about philosophy - some will never accept capitalism
@yaronbrook
Ehrlich lost the bet to Simon - Borlaugh came along and yet the alarmism about people and population continues almost unabated - there will always be something for a small but vocal group that will allow them to scream about how capitalism/humans are evil/negativity never dies
@yaronbrook
"Climate Change" is perfect for declaring humans evil - it cannot be falsified - and even if solutions proposed will not change anything - they will be demanded (so the cronies can enrich themselves) Bjorn Lomborg does an amazing job reminding us of how we can make things better
@RobertaSigne
@MarkRPellegrino
If the schools were private and US government was spending less than 5% of GPD then, maybe. But given that we have a huge state, and education is socialized -- not even close.
@yaronbrook
Maybe to imagine a world where even this limited capitalism is appreciated, we need to experience a world without it. — I think there’s a book about that.