There are a legion of wealthy people and large corporations dedicated to keep our economy inefficient.
The resources are out there, and could be available. These people don't want the economy working well, and the Government is a fairly weak force in taking action against them.
Big oil no longer cares about the climate. "Oh it's a lost cause so we might was well make as much as we can!".
There are more houses than homeless people.
Hyper-efficient inventions like engines and energy were crushed at the starting gate. Same thing with big medical discoveries.
Readily available social services could improve peoples health, living conditions and income, making them more productive at work as well.
We are trained to accept and be grateful for that extra slice of bread on our plate, when there is a storehouse of top grade food right across the street... locked away and available for only the wealthy.
@the_Effekt this kind of conspiracy theory story just never really makes any sense.
If efficient options were out there, then the big evil corporations could make more profit by engaging the more efficient options.
Why would they give up earnings?
No, Occam's razor tells us that it's not really what's happening, the efficiencies are overstated or non-existent.
And a whole bunch of people are writing stories to get clicks because they get money from misleading the public about this sort of thing.
@volkris @the_Effekt I agree with you about the premise, as stated in the first sentence.
I also agree with the claim of endemic inefficiencies being downplayed, until they become profitable to address.
The OP is correct that an entrenched profit system will often work against their own interests, to preserve a proven model, rather than move to a more efficient model, until it, too, supports equal profits, in the same way.
"If efficient options were out there, then the big evil corporations could make more profit by engaging the more efficient options."
Logically, you and I would agree about this statement. In practice, fear of change still rules the day.
@volkris @the_Effekt Ultimately, it is why basically all form of "conservatism" are flawed.
And, it's why the U.S. Constitution is desperately screaming at us, for an intelligent, and reasoned, update.
@putnamca and now I have no idea how you brought conservatism into this 🙂
If anything I would go the other way with that.
The profit motive is anti-conservative, so are these people greedy or not? Did they care about efficiency or conservatism? Did they want more money?
I think you're all over the place at this point.
@volkris @the_Effekt Fair. Now I'm gaining insight into your mind...
Fascinating.