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chknltl

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1. Society driven

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun Jan 31, 2016, 08:59 AM

Jan 2016

It'd be nice if 'society driven' as opposed to 'market driven' applied to American politics too.....not sure what one might call it though....maybe democracy. (btw that is the very essence of the discussion I have with right wingers in my very red neighborhood and strangely enough, they prefer a government of by and for us as well!)

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Society Driven or Market driven? [View all] malaise Jan 2016 OP

Society driven chknltl Jan 2016 #1

Yes that is the essence of democracy malaise Jan 2016 #2

There's more of us than them. chknltl Jan 2016 #3

Well they use debt malaise Jan 2016 #4

+1 nt Zorra Jan 2016 #5

Wonderful - happy 10,000th malaise Jan 2016 #8

Your question deserves my 10,000th post chknltl Feb 2016 #13

Excellent post malaise Feb 2016 #14

What about Flint was "market driven"? 1939 Feb 2016 #20

Social good services are being run like businesses malaise Feb 2016 #21

Well, there is 1939 Feb 2016 #22

Well said. raouldukelives Feb 2016 #19

Depends what you're talking about. Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #6

Buying electronics on line is not government policy malaise Jan 2016 #7

Well, not always. If electronics in its production or disposal poisons the environment... hunter Feb 2016 #17

Doesn't it depend on how we see the balance in the purpose of government? HereSince1628 Jan 2016 #9

So like many of us you support Democratic Socialism with a mixed economy malaise Jan 2016 #10

I think the neoliberal project is many centuries old. HereSince1628 Jan 2016 #11

I agree but that was the original project which was exposed by the likes of Dickens, malaise Jan 2016 #12

When, at some future date, a definitive history of this era is written, hifiguy Feb 2016 #16

The market must exist solely to serve society hifiguy Feb 2016 #15

Precisely malaise Feb 2016 #18