rational smash and grab, by el gato malo

The younger generations are faced with essentially debt slavery for debt incurred by previous generations. When tomorrow looks that bleak, criminal collectivist philosophies present a purported way out. From el gato malo at boriuagato.substack.com:

when you lose trust in system solvency, there is no longer a marshmallow test to pass

a few of us were chatting about ideas like “$2000 stimmy checks” and “fiscal solvency” over on twitter the other day.

and some time worn themes were rehashed.

coyote (creator of coyote’s law) had a useful take and as i unabashedly love a good “marshmallow test” conversation, this one sucked me in.

his points here are valid in a deep way. redistribution kills growth and incentives to growth and you wind up locked in place, equal in negative-sum stasis and everything he says is certainly correct.

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