Love you Marianne, but the proper term is “dying capitalism “
America has lost its capacity to respond to an emergency. Materialism and consumerism have made us dense and sluggish and unable, or unwilling, to collectively respond to even dangers in our midst.
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Replying to @scottlawyer
That’s part of it, absolutely. But using that as a catchall to describe everything that has gone wrong is very simplistic.

Mar 24, 2022 · 3:44 PM UTC

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If you understand that people respond to incentives, there will be no more mystery.