hh on Nostr: I'm watching a video that begins with a warning that "the world is drowning in debt". ...
I'm watching a video that begins with a warning that "the world is drowning in debt".
This is so misleading. The world could only be drowning in debt if "the world" owed somebody else. Who do "we" owe? Aliens in Alpha Centauri? The Iron Bank of Braavos, in the "secondary world" of Game of Thrones?
There is no one external to "the world", so it's not it who owes itself, but a group who owes a (much smaller) group. If we are not accurate with language, we can't identify this group. If we do not identify it, we can't address the problem. And then yes, WE drown.
This is so misleading. The world could only be drowning in debt if "the world" owed somebody else. Who do "we" owe? Aliens in Alpha Centauri? The Iron Bank of Braavos, in the "secondary world" of Game of Thrones?
There is no one external to "the world", so it's not it who owes itself, but a group who owes a (much smaller) group. If we are not accurate with language, we can't identify this group. If we do not identify it, we can't address the problem. And then yes, WE drown.