[lbo-talk] The Planet is Fine

[nathan tankus]

"It is interesting how the "common sense" of our system affects us
all. Neither Nathan nor I are neoliberal or neoclassical or market
fundamentalist or anything silly like that. Yet, unless we want to put
huge amounts of time into rephrasing the discussion from its "natural"
form we end up talking about it in bloodless abstract terms really
close to the language of neoliberalism. Some of it is a matter of
shared technical terms, but there are huge hidden assumptions in those
terms we have to constantly struggle to avoid accidentally smuggling
in - not always successfully. "

This is very true. I actually think about this issue a lot in terms of
explaining ideas in non-jargon ways to people not immersed in jargon.
Trying to do so often has convinced me that the people with the most
genius are those that can put complicated concepts into a very simple
form without terminally distorting the message.

"The mere fact that c&c regulations have a cost does not mean that
humans respond to them in the same way we would to a tax"

but we're not talking about people responding. we're talking about
corporations. these entities are infamous for eating fines rather then
upgrading (Horizon disaster etc). Without jail time for perpetrators
or fines that hit people personally many corporations are inclined to
treat it as a cost of doing business if being fined costs less then
compliance
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-Nathan Tankus
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