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Would an approximate/measured antithesis of Project 25 basically be the recipe for a great society? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by cheese_greater to c/asklemmy

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I mean like if you translated Project 25 so the opposite or reverse of every single policy prescription it makes is compiled, could that be the playbook for a much better and equitable future society?

Sorta like a Project 21st Century™️

EDIT: I'm not necessarily saying if they say "=18% corporate taxes" == "-18%" or "+36%", I just mean they want to lower the taxes to reach that so why not consider raising it in the opposite direction so you're moving away from anti-utopia

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes.

More seriously, although they're wrong on every point, the obvious inverse isn't always a clear gameplan for improvement.

[–] cheese_greater 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I dont necessarily mean the polar opposite, like if they want to lower corporate tax to 18%, why not take the delta % they want to lower it in their wet dream and simply raise it that if it can be reasonably found to be too low already which I believe is plausible in a big-money place like America

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Agreed, just that their plan is so robust and so specific something like "make porn illegal" doesn't translate well to "make porn super legal".

That said, the more I think about specific examples the more it's they want to move further in a shitty direction, and moving about that far in the opposite direction sounds about right.

Edit: and I do like your point that they already put in the effort identifying everything that should be changed :D