shillno1138

I quite literally never stated that capitalism does anything better. But that the authors assertions are nonsense.

This comment is ahistorical to an extreme degree.

The EU was not founded until 1993.

This is not a 'rah rah America' statement, however, the European continent after WWII was rebuilt via the economic engine and output of the United States.

You can take a look at the rebuilding post-war effort of Western Europe vs Eastern Europe to see the clear delineation of success. Does no-one remember the Balkan wars, and post war scarcity that existed to a more extreme detriment in Eastern Europe than Western?

I do agree with the statement that America has not stopped waging wars, this is a factual statement.

You are misrepresenting fairly benign statements, and I think you know that.

>Can you give concrete examples of legislation that "encouraged disintegration of the family units"?

Absolutely. I am not going to link to any analysis right now, but take a look at the requirements placed on familiy units for welfare consumption, WIC, etc. In order to obtain the optimal amount of benefit, the family unit must already be in a disintegrated state, eg non-married, non-cohabitating, with offspring present. This encourages an anti-marriage, anti-stable family pattern.

>The canonical American nuclear family unit doesn't even include multi-generational housing.

This is where you will need to link me to concrete proof of anything having to do with the 'canonical American nuclear family'. This appears to be a statement that is clearly subjective from family to family.

I do not ever comment, but this article is rife with misconceptions. A specific example would be:

* How did America’s elderly end up cheated of dignity? After all, even desperately poor countries have “informal social support systems” — otherwise known as families and communities. But in America, there is the catastrophic collapse of social bonds. Extreme capitalism has blown apart American society so totally that people cannot even care for one another as much as they do in places like Pakistan and Nigeria.*

Any honest examination of the destruction of the social family unit easily shows that this was not due to capitalism, but progressive and socialist legislation that encouraged disintegration of the family units.

Three of the largest 'capitalism endorsed' holidays in the USA are Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter (though Easter in the last few decades has decreased significantly in its importance and stature).

If anything, capitalism's endorsement of these holidays brings families CLOSER together, than they normally exist during the rest of the year. Left policies and statements about 'patriarchal structures' and why they need to be disassembled have contributed far more to family unit disintegration than capitalism.

Edit: Not to belabor the point either, but referencing Pakistan and Nigeria in this quote shows the authors bias. Both of these countries are great examples where patriarchy is absolutely thriving, strong familial bonds, led by men in those nations, with a subjugated women class.

There is very little anonymity in the real world in terms of computing at this point. You would have to be extremely careful to truly mask any electronic media being used as any kind of communication platform, online or offline.

Digitarians know how to push big buttons, know nothing of how said buttons work, progress indeed. Depends on your definition of progress.

You are not wrong, however, I would have a hard time believing the NSA would hack a personnel database, and then sell social sec info and personal info to the highest bidder. I have no problem believing the chinese would.

Yeah, systems really are not so complex they fall short, its the fact that there are ineffectual non-technical leadership, and they always tend not to listen to their technical people and SME's

Many people have been stating the root cause of this bubble for over a decade. Discussion and debate in the US is dead, as the left will not engage in anything that could alter their voter base, and the incentives provided to them.