Oren might think about the possibility of building factories in the countryside that run on part-time jobs together with a return to a more traditional three-generation form of the family under which parents and grandparents would live on the same small piece of property?
The problems we associate with childcare, elder care, and the Social Security crisis would all be cast in a completely new light, as would many other problems associated with living in major metropolitan areas today: marriage stability, affordable housing, transportation costs, local self-government, neighborhood development, et cetera.
The goal would be to create a radically new form of society in which anyone, not just the talented few, who works hard and plays be the rules could realistically look forward to a rich and fulfilling life. In other words, a society that fits the human material that actually exists.
Sure, it would be an extraordinary challenge to pull off something like this at scale, both organizationally and in terms of the austerity and short-term sacrifices required of married couples to bring about such a reformation of the way we live and work in this post-modern age..
But that challenge is precisely what makes a project like this such an exciting possibility. Nothing easy is worth very much. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U0C9HKW
I have to confess I find some of the nomenclature used in your pieces a little confusing. And I admit that I am an old man. You keep going on about "conservative" economics when indeed much of your anti-monopolist ideas as well labor/management relations are down right progressive. Other than rebranding FDR's new deal ideas and tweaking them a bit to fit the moment these are pretty much restating those ideals. My point being, I grow weary of all the partisan bullshit and I think you would gain more traction if you reframed it as a bipartisan effort. What you are saying is to important to derail the effort by turning off people that would otherwise be receptive. Just my 2 cents worth.
Keep at it Oren. All we need are some sane officeholders to implement new ideas. I believe JD was right about Don the first time, before he self-gelded. With the Star Wars bar scene cabinet and Don’s proven lack of management acumen, all leavened by a spate of billionaire tech bro’s, it’s hard to see this crew of misfits being capable of serious, sober policy making. Perhaps obsequiousness to Don, serving as a commentator on Fox, and a history of serial sexual predation are the key attributes for those holding our highest positions of public trust, perhaps not. We’re about to find out. Good luck America.
Great work from our main homeboy Oren!
Seriously, Oren and AC are doing some of THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK.
Keep it up and thanks for all the great links…
Oren might think about the possibility of building factories in the countryside that run on part-time jobs together with a return to a more traditional three-generation form of the family under which parents and grandparents would live on the same small piece of property?
The problems we associate with childcare, elder care, and the Social Security crisis would all be cast in a completely new light, as would many other problems associated with living in major metropolitan areas today: marriage stability, affordable housing, transportation costs, local self-government, neighborhood development, et cetera.
The goal would be to create a radically new form of society in which anyone, not just the talented few, who works hard and plays be the rules could realistically look forward to a rich and fulfilling life. In other words, a society that fits the human material that actually exists.
Sure, it would be an extraordinary challenge to pull off something like this at scale, both organizationally and in terms of the austerity and short-term sacrifices required of married couples to bring about such a reformation of the way we live and work in this post-modern age..
But that challenge is precisely what makes a project like this such an exciting possibility. Nothing easy is worth very much. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U0C9HKW
I have to confess I find some of the nomenclature used in your pieces a little confusing. And I admit that I am an old man. You keep going on about "conservative" economics when indeed much of your anti-monopolist ideas as well labor/management relations are down right progressive. Other than rebranding FDR's new deal ideas and tweaking them a bit to fit the moment these are pretty much restating those ideals. My point being, I grow weary of all the partisan bullshit and I think you would gain more traction if you reframed it as a bipartisan effort. What you are saying is to important to derail the effort by turning off people that would otherwise be receptive. Just my 2 cents worth.
Keep at it Oren. All we need are some sane officeholders to implement new ideas. I believe JD was right about Don the first time, before he self-gelded. With the Star Wars bar scene cabinet and Don’s proven lack of management acumen, all leavened by a spate of billionaire tech bro’s, it’s hard to see this crew of misfits being capable of serious, sober policy making. Perhaps obsequiousness to Don, serving as a commentator on Fox, and a history of serial sexual predation are the key attributes for those holding our highest positions of public trust, perhaps not. We’re about to find out. Good luck America.
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