i'm not going to say it's disqualifying but I think "without scarcity, we wouldn't have bigotry" is a real blind spot for a type of leftist, and we need to push back on it wherever it pops up
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Without scarcity one substructure for racist beliefs disappears and the resources for education, reeducation, and therapy appear.
aug 29, 2025, 2:56 pm • 4 1 • view
Sure? But I have also seen that structure used to push colorblind views that deny the reality that PoC face. If we do not address the monster in the room, we will build a system that is incapable of defeating it.
aug 29, 2025, 3:18 pm • 0 0 • view
Nah, there's a whole branch of socioeconomic policy about manufactured scarcity, it's a legitimate concept even if in soundbite form it's underdeveloped.
aug 29, 2025, 3:08 pm • 0 0 • view
I mean, that's not exactly what he said, for starters, though I agree it's a reasonably fair paraphrase. I'd also say that "You have to solve scarcity" - his phrasing - is a pretty utopian (Star Trek!) frame to begin with. He's describing a dynamic, not One Weird Trick that'll fix society.
aug 29, 2025, 3:39 pm • 0 0 • view
He is not saying, we solve scarcity and THEN deal with social problems. He's saying, we deal with scarcity and protect people and, inshallah, someday if you live in a post-scarcity world, you might not have to protect people as much.
aug 29, 2025, 3:51 pm • 0 0 • view