Mark, if any good is to emerge from our current debacle here in the US - a state of utter moral disgrace - may it be that we completely reinvent ourselves.
The fact is that unfettered capitalism is as inimical to human happiness and welfare as communism.
We could make a start by recognizing that healthcare and education are not commodities for sale, but birthrights.
Absolutely Homi, I’m not going to waste any more time arguing for moderate reforms, or tinkering around the edges of an economic system which was only ever going to deliver a grossly unequal society. You’re right: somehow we must reinvent ourselves, forge agreement on the kind of society we want to live in, and design things in such a way to deliver such a society.
Mark, if any good is to emerge from our current debacle here in the US - a state of utter moral disgrace - may it be that we completely reinvent ourselves.
The fact is that unfettered capitalism is as inimical to human happiness and welfare as communism.
We could make a start by recognizing that healthcare and education are not commodities for sale, but birthrights.
Absolutely Homi, I’m not going to waste any more time arguing for moderate reforms, or tinkering around the edges of an economic system which was only ever going to deliver a grossly unequal society. You’re right: somehow we must reinvent ourselves, forge agreement on the kind of society we want to live in, and design things in such a way to deliver such a society.