The Precariat – The new dangerous class

[The Dharma Bum]

[lnrw]

[The Dharma Bum]

Just to pointing out that private property is a social protocol that obliges individuals to relinquish their right to a resource.

Do you deny this?

[Dobby]

[spacemonkey]

Our society with all its bells and whistles is probably as fragile as its ever been in our entire history. One big wack to the grid and we're basically a chicken with its head cut off. Traditional things that wealth is based on can change pretty fast. As for a plan, mankind has no plan. We just exist on our little finite world assuming it will just go on and up for all forever. Personal profit is our obsession through life, then we die. And we still ain't figured out it (personal wealth) stays here.

[The Dharma Bum]

[Medius]

[exploited]

Oil/gas and automobile subsidies are to blame for alot. Railroad companies laid down their own tracks; car companies got the government to do their work for them. The only reason why international and national food supply chains are inexpensive is because the taxpayer foots the bill for most of the infrastructure needed to make it possible.

North America would look drastically different today were it not for that. Most towns would be centered around railroads, as they are infinitely more efficient than transport trucks; urban sprawl would be a non-issue because it wouldn't make economic sense (a world without suburbs sounds amazing); pollution would be way down, as urban centers would be primarily geared towards pedestrians/mass transit and not clogged with cars; local food would be cheaper because it has to travel less, and producers would be subject to the full cost of transportation...

Combined with the short term perspective of the stock market, I would agree that our food supply system is seriously screwed up... as is most of our infrastructure, which rests upon faulty premises and requires constant government intervention to sustain.