All of those things are arguably absolutely required if one's goal is to create a stable capitalist country. Unfettered free market capitalism, basically what the US has (but don't tell that to a delusional right winger), is a complete and utter failure obviously for the labor class but also for the capital holders. As they destroy more and more regulations, dissolve more government agencies, and basically force more people into poverty, block all infrastructure rebuilding or upgrades, etc. they degrade their own surroundings. Unless their goal is to live in a mansion on a hill (legitimately the goal for some, but even then...) they still want to interact with the rest of society to some degree. They want to go to disney world or some shit. They go to the movies. They take their Lambos out for a drive. Whatever the fuck rich people do, it's going to involve other humans and while sure they can privatize and privatize and privatize and own their own little whatevers, race tracks, helicopters to avoid roads, whatever else, the simple fact of life is they're actively degrading the quality of life of everyone around them until they're living right next to a "shithole" of their own creation.
really one of those "you did all this evil terrible shit.... for this?" moments. You'd hope anyway. They'll just blame the poors for being poor though...
Honestly always makes me reflect on this old Ted Talk from a bourgeois mfer who admits that only regulated capitalist countries have success (i.e. success for capitalists) and therefor social welfare is necessary to stop social and financial collapse (i.e. it's just government backed capitalism but with even more steps). Here's the TedTalk.
All of those things are arguably absolutely required if one's goal is to create a stable capitalist country. Unfettered free market capitalism, basically what the US has (but don't tell that to a delusional right winger), is a complete and utter failure obviously for the labor class but also for the capital holders. As they destroy more and more regulations, dissolve more government agencies, and basically force more people into poverty, block all infrastructure rebuilding or upgrades, etc. they degrade their own surroundings. Unless their goal is to live in a mansion on a hill (legitimately the goal for some, but even then...) they still want to interact with the rest of society to some degree. They want to go to disney world or some shit. They go to the movies. They take their Lambos out for a drive. Whatever the fuck rich people do, it's going to involve other humans and while sure they can privatize and privatize and privatize and own their own little whatevers, race tracks, helicopters to avoid roads, whatever else, the simple fact of life is they're actively degrading the quality of life of everyone around them until they're living right next to a "shithole" of their own creation.
really one of those "you did all this evil terrible shit.... for this?" moments. You'd hope anyway. They'll just blame the poors for being poor though...
Honestly always makes me reflect on this old Ted Talk from a bourgeois mfer who admits that only regulated capitalist countries have success (i.e. success for capitalists) and therefor social welfare is necessary to stop social and financial collapse (i.e. it's just government backed capitalism but with even more steps). Here's the TedTalk.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: