I am reading a book on owls. All the research was funded by the universities and NSF funds in biology. And the MAGA voter is thinking that all this is away from him. His rants about eggs and gas prices. We on the other hand want to fund all this, owls and all, by taxing the rich. The rich are never happy, so just take the money. They will be slightly angier, but it is a bit of a dull anger. They are used to us ripping them off. The MAGA dude really does not seem to see the big picture. Cutting off 15 million from MEDICAID will bring anything to him. There are no tax cuts for families under...what is the number?...100 000 familyu income.
https://esajii.blogspot.com/2025/04/tasa-arvo.html
(My last name is not in the blog so I left that public)
Google translated.
But is Piketty wrong? Are we perhaps in the phase where we are running out of things? (land, food). Is the optimism not warranted?Piketty sees the future as positive, and assumes that society in Europe will offer its citizens more than before, because they can no longer rely on their salary alone. The thinking is at least much to the left of what is seen in the USA this year. Cutting services makes healthcare, for example, more difficult. Public services and transport must be supported in densely populated countries. The current situation created by the rich can be better controlled through democracy. Equality would bring a more functional society. However, even though the situation in the USA with immigrants may govern voter behavior for a long time to come. The working class votes with jobs in mind.
Piketty would like society to support citizens from all classes, so that everyone has the opportunity for a decent education. In his opinion, too much support and funding goes to the university level. Referring to multiculturalism and immigration, the authors consider the USA and Europe to still be rich enough to take care of our affairs and the minority groups living in those countries. So that wealth would be enough, by taxing more precisely that capital.
There is no solution to the election funding that the rich have taken over. The press is also a problem. They just buy all the biggest newspapers. At the same time, the taxation is not taken care of, politicians largely represent the rich.
Neither offers any clear solution to the northward flow of people. Climate change is only mentioned as one factor in the migration. There is a brief description of China. Over the measured period, state ownership of everything has fallen from 70 percent to 40 percent.
Piketty has been sending a negative message about capitalism, so here he tries to present (it was live, transcribed) something hopeful.
And if he is wrong, the MAGA dude may be somewhat correct too. He should not be funding research on birds, for example. Other tnan birds we eat.