What if we made the bottom line of all public policy the elimination of suffering and the uplift of the human spirit? What exactly are we supposed to think would fall apart?

Mar 5, 2021 · 4:46 AM UTC

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The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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Profit and cultural hegemony of the rich. They are scared that those two would fall apart.
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Some fear that if the government improves conditions for people, decades of anti-government politics will be proven wrong.
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The feudal patriarchy.
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The book Democracy in Chains shows you what would fall apart. Or this video by Knowing Better. youtube.com/8kWjJPQXCyc

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We? We who? For this to ever happen, an aggregate public policy must operate on its own, at your behest and mine, separated widely from parliamentary and other government actions. Are you up for that?
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Where do you draw the line? What if 3 billion less well off global citizens want to participate?
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PREACH MARIANNE
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The profit motive.
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Perhaps better to imagine what could come together?
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