Imagine The Future

Vision of a future progressive society based on democracy, education, science, shared prosperity and peace.

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[zdrux]

"Shared prosperity" <--- Communism LOL

[TheForwardGaze]

@zdrux Within capitalism it's possible to achieve shared prosperity through equal opportunity (ie., a level playing field), a goal the U.S. began to abandon 40 years ago.

[zdrux]

@TheForwardGaze Anyway, I'm not trying to convince you of anything or to change your point of view. Just outlining that the most free of societies are those are allow the individual to pursue their dreams in any way they want without the need to conform to any rules of fairness or limitations of social or governmental acceptance.. so long as they don't infringe on personal freedoms of others.

Just my opinion ;)

[TheForwardGaze]

@zdrux The welfare state can be seen as a compensation for crony capitalism/state capitalism/the corporate state. We have the same goals--individual liberty--but different methods of achieving it, and perhaps different definitions of liberty. I'm open to both state socialism and anti-state socialism (libertarianism), as well as progressive liberal state capitalism. I'd also argue that the U.S. had more liberalism in the 1940s to 1970s than it does today.

[zdrux]

@TheForwardGaze No child left behind, universal health care, government schools, regressive patent system, Americans with disabilities act, welfare, etc... these are all "level playing field" systems which are ruining society and its freedoms. They are all new and are increasing each year, not quite abandoned 40 years ago

If anything, the further you go back in time, the more freedoms Americans enjoyed because there was no 3rd party acting as referee telling everyone what's fair

[wowbagger48]

"find" - oops

[wowbagger48]

It's funny that you used scenes from Minority Report in your film, since that story is about a utopian future in which all crimes are stopped due to "precogs" being able to see the future and prevent them from happening. The point of the film is that that is the worst kind of tyranny, where man is not truly free. But then again, that is just what "Progressives" want, absolute control over the population.

[wowbagger48]

What about those who disagree with the "Progressive" view? What will become of them? We only need to look at history to found the answer to that question. Millions murdered by Nazi fascists and Communist Chinese, all in search of their own utopia. Any who were deemed a threat to Stalin's Soviet Union were slaughtered, like the millions starved in the Ukraine.

[tolynette]

Nazi promises.

[alc99]

You do a nice job mixing videos but you live in a fantasy world. Progressive democrats want our idiotic govt controlling all aspects of our lives. A future from liberals would have no innovation not more innovation. Autos would look like the Communist Trabant not some slick new Lexus because it would be designed by the incompetent govt. You need to get out more in the real world.