There’s something to the Krugman article. Like I could see why some plutocrats (or industry groups) would have issues with regulations, but mainly it’s just attitudinal and reactive. To go a bit deeper it’s reflective of individuals whose main form of evidence is personal anecdote and who are incapable of or not inclined to consider the abstract standpoint or the general welfare. Like a tantrum from a toddler. And if you don’t think tantrums from toddlers are a significant factor in US policy, you haven’t been paying attention.
It’s interesting that Rawls begins his analysis of what a just society would look like by considering the perspective of one who has no individual interests apart from being a member of the society (ie, the original position), but republican politics, and especially politics under Trump, is never about rational justification, it’s about trying to mold one’s reflective individualized emotional reactions into policy. This, of course, does not work, because to the extent one’s reactions are developed in the service of some broader goal, you need to actually conform to the strictures of reality to achieve the goal. (There’s a corollary in business, and Trump failed in business for essentially the same reasons, but business punishes the inability to appreciate and work within reality much more swiftly and directly than politics.)
If someone told me in 2009 that in 10 years the usa was still in Iraq and Afghanistan and senator Cheney would be pushing for military strikes on iran I’d say wow
Seriously why doesn’t Iran just buy a Trump tower for double its worth to avoid war?
Kinda surprising countries aren’t trying to play this card. It’s obvious what motivates Trump and that he stans super hard for Saudi Arabi because they’re paying him. Why aren’t other countries on to this?
This is a serious question. Do they not think it’d work?
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