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so, this might be kind of a risky comment but please bear with me
i mean the problem starts within yourself, and i don't mean that in an "you're not doing enough" way. the problem starts because we can't even define what a solution would look like. i believe that as soon as we have a better way of doing things, we will. the problem is just that in today's america, there is no significant vision for a worthwhile tomorrow. and that's the actual crisis. if you think that i'm wrong, please do explain how you imagine the future of the country in 40 years.
and i don't mean "go back to how it was in 2000" or something. that does not work. the crisis is an economic crisis, first and foremost. there's mass automation, already since the 1970s. more and more jobs are being removed, and if new branches of economy stagnate, then we'll eventually run out of jobs. that naturally creates a mass unemployment phenomenon. what do you do about that?
when you've answered that question, we can think about all the other problems too. :-)
With prediction markets on the rise, I wouldn't be surprised if "assassination politics" becomes our new economic system. For better or worse, an uncontrollable insurance market will internalize our growing and unaddressed externalities.
What comes next isn't necessarily what we wished for, it's just whatever survives capitalism attacking its weak points.