yeah its miserable but the pessimists have been correct far more than they have not in the past year
bisonboy223 on
This whole thing is a bunch of drivel, but I particularly struggle to see how the author can square this bit from his opening paragraph with the idea that this is an issue with “the left”.
>Just 19% of Americans expect their children’s lives to be better than their own, while two-thirds believe their country will be economically weaker by 2050.
ProfessionalCreme119 on
Progressives need to define the difference between being “progressive” and being “left”. I think a big issue is that line has been destroyed the last several years.
Conservatives have a very defined line of *what they consider* to be conservative and far right. You don’t see that awareness in difference in Dem voters. Too many see it as one big group of thought and it’s biting them in the ass every election
Desperate_Path_377 on
I agree with the overall pitch that leftists and progressives should be more attuned to technology and the betterment of material circumstances. It’s fun comparing the techno optimism of the USSR – this belief that communism could deliver better material circumstances than capitalism- to current Twitter leftists arguing whether it is ethical to eat a banana. Shockingly, the latter has not created a base for mass politics!
> Alongside UBS, the dividend of technological progress would also make possible a four-day week. After all, countries with a shorter working week enjoy higher levels of social capital, more volunteering and greater gender equality. What is more, those who work less report greater feelings of personal satisfaction. To be clear: this isn’t a post-work society, not least because, in our lifetimes at least, there will be enough work to go around with an ageing population and climate adaptation. But a four-day week should be to the 2030s what the eight-hour day was to the late 19th century.
This goes off the rails though. Individuals are capable of deciding how they want to balance employment vs relaxation. Not everyone will want to work a four day week! Just let people decide what kind of life they want.
Less-Researcher184 on
Its not 2012 lots of the numbers have gone down or stopped going up ffs.
scoots-mcgoot on
I’m sorry but this is a long boring essay. I tuned out after the first few sentences. I doubt there’s anything substantive here. I doubt the author quotes anyone or gives examples of who he or she means by “the left.”
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yeah its miserable but the pessimists have been correct far more than they have not in the past year
This whole thing is a bunch of drivel, but I particularly struggle to see how the author can square this bit from his opening paragraph with the idea that this is an issue with “the left”.
>Just 19% of Americans expect their children’s lives to be better than their own, while two-thirds believe their country will be economically weaker by 2050.
Progressives need to define the difference between being “progressive” and being “left”. I think a big issue is that line has been destroyed the last several years.
Conservatives have a very defined line of *what they consider* to be conservative and far right. You don’t see that awareness in difference in Dem voters. Too many see it as one big group of thought and it’s biting them in the ass every election
I agree with the overall pitch that leftists and progressives should be more attuned to technology and the betterment of material circumstances. It’s fun comparing the techno optimism of the USSR – this belief that communism could deliver better material circumstances than capitalism- to current Twitter leftists arguing whether it is ethical to eat a banana. Shockingly, the latter has not created a base for mass politics!
> Alongside UBS, the dividend of technological progress would also make possible a four-day week. After all, countries with a shorter working week enjoy higher levels of social capital, more volunteering and greater gender equality. What is more, those who work less report greater feelings of personal satisfaction. To be clear: this isn’t a post-work society, not least because, in our lifetimes at least, there will be enough work to go around with an ageing population and climate adaptation. But a four-day week should be to the 2030s what the eight-hour day was to the late 19th century.
This goes off the rails though. Individuals are capable of deciding how they want to balance employment vs relaxation. Not everyone will want to work a four day week! Just let people decide what kind of life they want.
Its not 2012 lots of the numbers have gone down or stopped going up ffs.
I’m sorry but this is a long boring essay. I tuned out after the first few sentences. I doubt there’s anything substantive here. I doubt the author quotes anyone or gives examples of who he or she means by “the left.”