Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
We’re still a bunch of greedy monkeys, and no amount of education or “proper parenting” can fully override the base biology all the time for every person.
As much as it would be great to be better, we aren’t even close.
By stopping austerity. Tax the wealthy and reinstate everything that’s been torn down since the new deal. Shift taxes from taxing labour to taxing assets.
He’s not wrong.
We’re still a bunch of greedy monkeys, and no amount of education or “proper parenting” can fully override the base biology all the time for every person.
As much as it would be great to be better, we aren’t even close.
Yeah, he raises a good point.
The question then becomes: how do we make the people who feel excluded (and hence want to burn everything down) feel included?
By stopping austerity. Tax the wealthy and reinstate everything that’s been torn down since the new deal. Shift taxes from taxing labour to taxing assets.
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