Tyr3d ago
mhoye
One of my radical lefty extremist positions is the belief that when we realize something is bad for people or society we should stop subsidizing that thing immediately.
Jun 23 at 1:05pmWeb
Show threadcobalt5d ago
@mhoye of course in the US we get to have the coal industry chugging right along.
Show threadUrban Hermit5d ago
@mhoye when corporations are powerful, they ask for subsidies, when corporations are struggling, they ask for subsidies.
Show threadAnalog AI5d ago

@mhoye

Yes! and the corollary: if it turns out my business model is based on doing harm, even if I didn't know it when I started, I have to start undoing the harm.

Show threadBook5d ago
@mhoye And here i thought eating food was a right. How dare we...be human.
Show threadPeach “Fuzz” Fae5d ago
@mhoye its a good proposition except for the part about who gets to say what is bad. This is an innate flaw of being human...
Show threadNini4d ago
@mildpeach @mhoye I would assume the basic bar of "causes undue harm" would be enough but you can rule lawyer your way out of whatever with enough dedication to not doing it.
Show threadDaniel McLaury4d ago
@mhoye Great idea. Unfortunately, the people collecting those subsidies feel exactly the opposite, and with all that subsidy money that can afford to finance a lot of campaigns.
Show threadFranceska Mann4d ago

@mhoye

Meat animal farms get lots of subsidies. It keeps the price low so people eat more dead animals. Meat are living beings & ought to be extremely expensive & rare, for special occasions if you must.

Show threadTelH904d ago
@mhoye sounds rather rational and not radical to me…
Show threadj-r conlin4d ago

@mhoye

Not quite as left, but I also believe that stocks should be graded by the amount of dividends they pay to the holders. Not some future value they may have, like kids trading POGs, but actual, returned value on investment.

Bet that would solve a fair number of "the company was cash flush, so they diversified into the Granny Grinder 6000" problems.

Show threadeuroplus 4d ago
@mhoye ✊🏻
Show threadCass🇨🇦4d ago
@mhoye there should be a reality based, dare I say scientific, structure for assessing. We could call it public health.
Show threadDanie3d ago
@mhoye I have these extremist thoughts about fossil fuels, genocidal regimes, BigTech, fast fashion and in general about capitalism
Show threadPete Gontier3d ago
@mhoye @drahardja The “immediately” part is what makes this radical. The conservative mind can make no change immediately.
Show threadMensch, Marina2d ago
@mhoye completely agree ! It's the reasonable thing to do to prevent more damage.
Show threadClaudius Link1d ago
@energisch_ @mhoye
Sadly neoliberalism is convinced that when something is not working (and therefore is bad for people or society) we are not doing enough of it 😨
At least for neoliberal core believes
Show threadBuntbart2d ago
@mhoye
but, but, the market's!? What about the starving shareholders?