Argentina's President Javier Milei Praises Capitalism and Condemns Socialism During WEF Speech - The Last Refuge
Many people are heralding this speech given by Javier Milei as a confrontation to the mindset of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos. Because so many people made a similar assertion, I had to listen to it twice, because I just didnโt get that t...
Interesting analysis and detail. And yes, CORPORATISM -- the melding of corporate and government power -- is a key element in the problem.
My own belief is that corporatism and tyranny generally can never be eliminated until we walk away from the slavery of coercive government. American's tiny, highly-restrained central government of the late 1700s became the monster we have today because POWER always seeks to grow. Forcible, coercive, unchecked Power over others is hellishly addictive, can NOT be used, even "for good", without causing harm, and corrupts everything it touches.
When such Power is available, it is inevitable that large corporations and power-hungry psychopaths (in and out of corporate structures) will seek access to the coercive Power of government. Bribery, seduction, intimidation, blackmail, and every other tool will be employed.
Government and corporations (and, as we see today, every other type of institution, from universities to churches; from grade schools to the media) become one corrupt machine serving those controlling the Power.
ONLY by eliminating the idea that society "NEEDS" a coercive (thus criminal) group "in charge" of things will that dynamic be ended.
Another point, regarding distributism. You point out that:
Modern life -- a life with ubiquitous electronic computing, with many types of high-tech everywhere -- is impossible without large organizations. A single computer chip fab costs billions of dollars to build, for example. This could be accomplished by a large group of smaller firms pooling their resources (which is what the stock market facilitates in a fashion) but the point is, you won't ever get a new M3 chip from a local craftsman or even from a medium-large company.
If ending the corruption and tyranny required a return to a non-high-tech society, I'd support that. It doesn't, though. Ending criminal coercive structures is the one (and only) thing required to finally put the curse of widespread tyranny behind us.
Yes, other things are needed for a FUNCTIONAL and decent society, including a moral people, education, work ethic, and so on. Those are needed with or without a coercive government. It can't happen in a single step (so I believe), but it can and must be the goal if success in the Great Awakening is to hold for the long term.