This article is interesting, partly due to the blatant political biases which are present but unrevealed, and partly due to the attempt to address those biases in closing segments. This line in particular was telling "the state—the only way to address the most important issues of the present".
The author of this piece is a left-wing statist, and they interpret all of the data they reference through this lens. That does not mean that their conclusions are wrong in whole, as there's definitely some intriguing things in this article. Their ending statements are relatively on-point and don't align with any particular political leaning.
A good read, but unfortunately didn't tell me anything I didn't already know just from watching the news and paying attention.
Perhaps the most disappointing fact is that the author hinted at but failed to make the correct mental leap. This change in our society and economy is largely a result of globalism. Those in the top elites were able to improve their personal margins at the expense of the rest of the population by moving both production and knowledge work outside the bounds of the US, and in so doing increase the divide. The interaction of state-backed industrial interests in other countries and the anointing of new billionaires at their behest is not to be overlooked either.
I don't see any immediate solutions, as anything direct action will result in chaos, and anything taken slowly will not produce a positive effect in my lifetime. Like many other people in the professional class, my focus is on my own self-reliance and ensuring that I am not beholden to society any more than I must.
The author of this piece is a left-wing statist, and they interpret all of the data they reference through this lens. That does not mean that their conclusions are wrong in whole, as there's definitely some intriguing things in this article. Their ending statements are relatively on-point and don't align with any particular political leaning.
A good read, but unfortunately didn't tell me anything I didn't already know just from watching the news and paying attention.
Perhaps the most disappointing fact is that the author hinted at but failed to make the correct mental leap. This change in our society and economy is largely a result of globalism. Those in the top elites were able to improve their personal margins at the expense of the rest of the population by moving both production and knowledge work outside the bounds of the US, and in so doing increase the divide. The interaction of state-backed industrial interests in other countries and the anointing of new billionaires at their behest is not to be overlooked either.
I don't see any immediate solutions, as anything direct action will result in chaos, and anything taken slowly will not produce a positive effect in my lifetime. Like many other people in the professional class, my focus is on my own self-reliance and ensuring that I am not beholden to society any more than I must.