That's fantastic. Obviously there are still economic issues at play though, and it might just be the fact that Finland's economy is more fairly structured making it more realistically respond to the economic reality of COVID. It was a massive hit, and the economies that came out looking the healthiest are, imo, the ones that are faking it the hardest and relying on a lot of weird behaviours (further economic disparity, market irrationality, brutal consolidations of power, silencing of dissent, etc) to pull it off. The answer might just be to stay sane, trim the fat where possible, keep quietly rebuilding, and come out of it genuinely healthy while avoiding the booms and busts abroad.
Personally, having come from a more idealized American mindset I like the "New Deal" approach to recessions. A big spend upfront on investments in people, infrastructure, and land improvement will usually pay long-term dividends. I would love to see Finland attempt some version of a Green New Deal, or possibly something towards water purification in anticipation of fresh water scarcity later this century. Build sustainability and resilience to prevent future economic harms would be my advice.
Entirely fair - I don't know much in general, but I'm most familiar with the US and UK, where aside from failing to tax the rich, there are general issues with private equity gobbling up all the value in business and real estate. Does that happen in Finland too?
Humans are situational. That's what makes them interesting and worthwhile. Anything that is the same in every situation has no heart.
I tend to think that you really see what people are made of in a tight spot. In a nice situation, everyone finds it easy to be kind. But even those who rise to a challenge and show true heart only do so when they really believe it is an option. That is the point of having hope.
You have done that yourself. I stopped to chat with someone else who seems to be in a dark place mentally. You seem only to delight in your darkness. I have marked your tendencies before, and the judgment remains.
Everyone I'm close to knows about the prison industrial complex because we talk to each other. That's how a few of us found out, by knowing people who are activated enough to look into these things and spread the word. As to the rest, I could hit you with a list of things and say "approach the world with intent to confirm this bias" and it would amount to the same thing.
Not being part of the problem takes work, it's true, but wisdom is in knowing people are highly situational, neither inherently good or bad but often entirely unequipped for the world we've created or the heights we've grasped. We're beings of brilliance and kindness but also complacency and disaster. Not evil, but we create many evil situations by accident and shortsightedness.
Death Spiral Financing is one of those things that should be shouted from the rooftops by anyone who wants to spread anti capitalism. It so cleanly displays the evil inherent to the system.
Feels almost like a non sequitur, even if not untrue. I know enough history to know that evil is banal, but that chiefly refers to people who stay silent, choose comfort over justice, and follow unethical orders. It's taking things a ways further to say most people are mostly evil, don't you think?
It feels so weird to pass by incredible filth on a daily basis, but then get taken aback by a worldview. You must have been through a lot, wish I could help somehow.
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An insane mess