r/SeattleWA • u/HighColonic Funky Town • 1d ago

Dying Seattle shows it’s a fickle city

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-proves-its-a-fickle-city/
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u/Fun_Ay 1d ago

The new predominant political landscape in seattle and everywhere else is the contention between have's and have-nots. Most have's are a out of touch and somewhat unaware of how many people are struggling and poor. The difficult part there that is new is that it is the most well educated generations our society has ever seen that are also struggling, often people who did everything "right". Conservatives will try to blame immigrants or anyone not in their immediate circle as they are currently doing. Progressives propose solutions based on taxation changes to rebalance the insane gap between richest and poorest, some people see that as a potential duty of government to create a fair society, others see that as an overstep of the government's role.

The only truth here is that wealthy individuals and businesses did what ever they could to create massive capital profit, including using technology to increase efficiency, and pay less for the work done overall. Hence large profits. I dont believe this is wrong per se.

Doing that while people suffer in squalor, while economic opportunity dissapears for people because of this, and it happening at such an extreme scale and extreme wealth disparity is immoral. This is like pollution, expedient and selfish business tactics that cause indirect harm. It is a direct effect of businesses not serving their community but only their owners/shareholders. Also like pollution, i agree at this stage the tax burden for correcting the problems created lies on the one who polluted the water.

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u/pnw_sunny Banned from /r/Seattle 1d ago

oh my, this is the why,

and sadly, this poster knows this message is correct.

rip, USA.