If one goes back and reads enough history to know the background that informed FDR to implement most of his policies, and absolutely his policies related to China, they one would know that the mope was NOT some brilliant leader but just another sad ass rich guy making decisions on things he scarcely understood, or didn't understand at all. FDR was no hero for the future; he pretty much guaranteed disaster on multiple fronts, with SS being one of the programs leading the charge.
Kurtocracy you have an interesting take that seems to not fit my understanding, but may enrich it.
This is not an area of expertise for me, he said mea culping...but my reading of history of the concept of a social savings account started with the Kaiser.
My European history prof in high school gave ample evidence that it was the way Germany unified from a bunch of small "nation states" into a unified nation for the first time in...well...ever.
So it has me somewhat intrigued that though completely different paths, we both eventually arrive at the SS.
I don't believe in coincidences, but sometimes evidence moves like quicksilver.
It definitely originated during the Weimar Republic. It’s a cute idea for social stability predicated on conditions that are extremely dynamic. There’s a reason China hasn’t don’t something similar yet; they know it can only go bad.
China: I think if the Kaiser had the ability to score people based on the level of enthusiastic support of the Weimer Repub and use it to make every last aspect of their lives miserable, a national social insurance carrot would have seemed stupid.
Of course IMO, making every decision based on keeping a lid on descent doesn't seem like a long-game winning strategy, either.
If one goes back and reads enough history to know the background that informed FDR to implement most of his policies, and absolutely his policies related to China, they one would know that the mope was NOT some brilliant leader but just another sad ass rich guy making decisions on things he scarcely understood, or didn't understand at all. FDR was no hero for the future; he pretty much guaranteed disaster on multiple fronts, with SS being one of the programs leading the charge.
But they were POPULAR stupid, disastrous decisions, man.
Kurtocracy you have an interesting take that seems to not fit my understanding, but may enrich it.
This is not an area of expertise for me, he said mea culping...but my reading of history of the concept of a social savings account started with the Kaiser.
My European history prof in high school gave ample evidence that it was the way Germany unified from a bunch of small "nation states" into a unified nation for the first time in...well...ever.
So it has me somewhat intrigued that though completely different paths, we both eventually arrive at the SS.
I don't believe in coincidences, but sometimes evidence moves like quicksilver.
Thanks for your post!
It definitely originated during the Weimar Republic. It’s a cute idea for social stability predicated on conditions that are extremely dynamic. There’s a reason China hasn’t don’t something similar yet; they know it can only go bad.
China: I think if the Kaiser had the ability to score people based on the level of enthusiastic support of the Weimer Repub and use it to make every last aspect of their lives miserable, a national social insurance carrot would have seemed stupid.
Of course IMO, making every decision based on keeping a lid on descent doesn't seem like a long-game winning strategy, either.