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När högern frågar "vem ska betala för arbetstidsförkortning" så kan man bara ställa motfrågan vilka har fått betala för näringslivets vinster? Både ekonomiskt och rent kroppsligt med stressigare arbete och fler arbetsuppgifter.
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
När högern frågar "vem ska betala för arbetstidsförkortning" så kan man bara ställa motfrågan vilka har fått betala för näringslivets vinster? Både ekonomiskt och rent kroppsligt med stressigare arbete och fler arbetsuppgifter.
That’s not what he’s saying here. The question is how to get to more societal morality – whether political hectoring or dealing with structural causes is more effective. Somewhat analogous to prevention & rehab wrt crime, vs just moralizing crime as ‘bad’.
E.g. a structural thesis for Trump:
E.g. a structural thesis for Trump:
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November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
That’s not what he’s saying here. The question is how to get to more societal morality – whether political hectoring or dealing with structural causes is more effective. Somewhat analogous to prevention & rehab wrt crime, vs just moralizing crime as ‘bad’.
E.g. a structural thesis for Trump:
E.g. a structural thesis for Trump:
Unlikely the world will see anything approaching the comprehensiveness of the US-led order for the foreseeable future.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Unlikely the world will see anything approaching the comprehensiveness of the US-led order for the foreseeable future.
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I guess free university as in many European countries would be too much lax welfarism?
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November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I guess free university as in many European countries would be too much lax welfarism?
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Lite ironiskt sagt. Om jag försökte rättfärdiga alla osjälviska beslut på det sättet skulle jag oundvikligen urarta till en fascist. Det gynnar mig snarare i efterhand, just för att jag inte är så självupptagen.
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Lite ironiskt sagt. Om jag försökte rättfärdiga alla osjälviska beslut på det sättet skulle jag oundvikligen urarta till en fascist. Det gynnar mig snarare i efterhand, just för att jag inte är så självupptagen.
Även ortodoxa marxister ser kapitalismen som ett högre stadium i den historiska materiella utvecklingen; det är rent av en lat kliché – och politisk smutskastning – att vänstern bara “hatar” kapitalismen.
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Även ortodoxa marxister ser kapitalismen som ett högre stadium i den historiska materiella utvecklingen; det är rent av en lat kliché – och politisk smutskastning – att vänstern bara “hatar” kapitalismen.
Jo, och Tredje riket byggde utmärkta autobahner. Ser fortfarande inte skogen för alla träd enligt min mening, särskilt i vårt nuvarande politiska, ekonomiska och ekologiska sammanhang.
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Jo, och Tredje riket byggde utmärkta autobahner. Ser fortfarande inte skogen för alla träd enligt min mening, särskilt i vårt nuvarande politiska, ekonomiska och ekologiska sammanhang.
Ja, jag är egoistisk och förstår att det ligger i mitt eget intresse att samarbeta för att vinna i spelteoretiska utmaningar. Det är på grund av min egoism som jag vill ha högre skatter och en fungerande välfärdsstat.
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ja, jag är egoistisk och förstår att det ligger i mitt eget intresse att samarbeta för att vinna i spelteoretiska utmaningar. Det är på grund av min egoism som jag vill ha högre skatter och en fungerande välfärdsstat.
Bra tråd, men varför leda med en sådan bekräftande ton när du med rätta påpekar de oseriösa sociobiologiska argumenten, vilka inte är något nytt och spelat en betydande roll i den nyliberala attacken mot välfärdsstaten?
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Bra tråd, men varför leda med en sådan bekräftande ton när du med rätta påpekar de oseriösa sociobiologiska argumenten, vilka inte är något nytt och spelat en betydande roll i den nyliberala attacken mot välfärdsstaten?
En liberal som radikaliserades av slarvig sociobiologi. Det är mer ett tecken i tiden än något av seriös intellektuell substans. Ovetenskapliga sociobiologiska argument har använts för att rättfärdiga nyliberala attacker mot staten i årtionden.
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
En liberal som radikaliserades av slarvig sociobiologi. Det är mer ett tecken i tiden än något av seriös intellektuell substans. Ovetenskapliga sociobiologiska argument har använts för att rättfärdiga nyliberala attacker mot staten i årtionden.
...crucial to prop up a future red-green majority. It’s this ‘betrayal’ the right can’t forgive, though they’ve always been hostile to Center in particular because it’s a party that has always been strongly pro-immigration.
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
...crucial to prop up a future red-green majority. It’s this ‘betrayal’ the right can’t forgive, though they’ve always been hostile to Center in particular because it’s a party that has always been strongly pro-immigration.
In Sweden there is a very clear division between a red-green bloc and a bourgeoisie bloc. The Center party used to be in the bourgeoisie alliance, but since the other bourgeoisie parties decided to rely on the far-right for confidence and supply, Center defected and on current projections is...
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In Sweden there is a very clear division between a red-green bloc and a bourgeoisie bloc. The Center party used to be in the bourgeoisie alliance, but since the other bourgeoisie parties decided to rely on the far-right for confidence and supply, Center defected and on current projections is...
Note that the far-right didn’t have a problem with her personally, she was just the target as the party leader; their problem is with the party unwilling to lend their support to a government influenced by the far right, and their pro-immigrant stance more generally, positions which haven’t changed.
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Note that the far-right didn’t have a problem with her personally, she was just the target as the party leader; their problem is with the party unwilling to lend their support to a government influenced by the far right, and their pro-immigrant stance more generally, positions which haven’t changed.
She was getting threats of physical violence to the point it was affecting her psychologically, so it was of course entirely her right to resign for her own health. But neither her nor the party changed any of their positions in response to this bullying; they’re not appeasing the far-right.
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
She was getting threats of physical violence to the point it was affecting her psychologically, so it was of course entirely her right to resign for her own health. But neither her nor the party changed any of their positions in response to this bullying; they’re not appeasing the far-right.
The US has proven completely unable to manage even such slight humanizing of capitalism under more favorable conditions. If there's no UBI or shortened workweeks, the blue collar is hit hardest yes. But an inability to reform capitalism is more at the root of the problem than imbalanced trade per se
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The US has proven completely unable to manage even such slight humanizing of capitalism under more favorable conditions. If there's no UBI or shortened workweeks, the blue collar is hit hardest yes. But an inability to reform capitalism is more at the root of the problem than imbalanced trade per se
Yeah, absolutely. But wasn't the promised future 8-hour work *weeks* and drudgery automated away? Again, ultimately this is the future all economic productivity advancements aspire to. Even in the EU there has been a secular trend towards less working hours (Greece notwithstanding).
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yeah, absolutely. But wasn't the promised future 8-hour work *weeks* and drudgery automated away? Again, ultimately this is the future all economic productivity advancements aspire to. Even in the EU there has been a secular trend towards less working hours (Greece notwithstanding).
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November 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Note that on the key issue, their refusal to partake in a coalition with the far right (also excluded by every party to their left), they haven't budged even as there's a new leader.
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Note that on the key issue, their refusal to partake in a coalition with the far right (also excluded by every party to their left), they haven't budged even as there's a new leader.
Not quite to the same extent though Cas. The Swedish Center party (not a group on the most progressive end of politics) leader resigned after hate campaigns by the far right, a democratic calamity, but also a sign even centrists must be doing something right to invite such harassment from the right.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Not quite to the same extent though Cas. The Swedish Center party (not a group on the most progressive end of politics) leader resigned after hate campaigns by the far right, a democratic calamity, but also a sign even centrists must be doing something right to invite such harassment from the right.
And certainly not everyone wants a majoritarian system in the Netherlands; it’s only a pet issue for D66.
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
And certainly not everyone wants a majoritarian system in the Netherlands; it’s only a pet issue for D66.
This is overly simplified, no? Yes, in coalitions, every party has to compromise. If some voters are unhappy, they can freely choose a third party.
In the US system, the Dems being the sole alternative don’t have to compromise for a functioning government, and yet they still do it.
In the US system, the Dems being the sole alternative don’t have to compromise for a functioning government, and yet they still do it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is overly simplified, no? Yes, in coalitions, every party has to compromise. If some voters are unhappy, they can freely choose a third party.
In the US system, the Dems being the sole alternative don’t have to compromise for a functioning government, and yet they still do it.
In the US system, the Dems being the sole alternative don’t have to compromise for a functioning government, and yet they still do it.