Conspiracy theory On Government and the people
The Marxist and broader anti-capitalist conspiracy theory believes the government and big institutions manipulate the economy to maintain a high rate of poor citizens. Even though this claim is said to have no basis, there are so many reasons why the government would want a high rate of masses in poverty.
Control: The government and big institutions will certainly believe they'll have more control over the people if they rely on them for survival. They know people would actually gain power if they're financially stable compared to when they're poor and dependent.
Cheap labor: If there's a high rate of poverty and unemployed citizens, the competition for jobs would be high and people would likely accept cheap payments for labor while the businesses make huge profits. I've actually seen this happen—people accepting cheap payments for survival and not profit.
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- Dependence: The government would likely love to see the people depend on them, while they use them in return for their benefits. This is common during elections. Poverty has been weaponized to buy people's votes. A sack of salt alone can alter one's will to vote right, and this is what government and big institutions want—poverty used as a weapon.
The Way Forward
Even though certain governments try to provide basic amenities to people like schools, good roads, electricity, water, etc., individuals should be able to take 100% responsibility for their future instead of relying on government. The government can't solve all our needs; we should rise and make a deliberate decision to create wealth. Only then will we gain the freedom to make our own choices.
Rising to make wealth is a great idea.
What do we do in cases where the government tries to make sure those things are being hindered even when citizen come up with the idea of fixing it.
A road that is to be constructed single handed by a citizen was been stopped because it will hinder some sorts of looting, if the road are fixed then there won't be any project to capitalize on as they syphon the country's money.
True, everyone is ripping from any means possible
Estoy de acuerdo con los puntos 1 sobre el control y el 3 sobre dependencia. Pero el punto 2 es debatible, porque la mano de obra demasiado barata también puede irse a huelga, renunciar o emigrar masivamente como ocurrió en mi país, Venezuela. Y con relación al cuarto punto, no es tan sencillo hacerlo cuando tienes demasiadas condiciones de precariedad en contra, como por ejemplo los apagones de luz que afectan tu internet cuando buscas ingresos haciendo trabajos remotos. O cuando estas enfermo y no puedes pagar un médico. Lo digo por experiencia, decir que debemos buscar independizarnos economicamente y lograrlo son dos cosas distintas.
Todo esto sucedió en Nigeria. Hay ciertos privilegios de los que no disfrutamos y las huelgas y protestas no son tomadas en serio por el gobierno.
OMG! That's true. When I wrote this week's topic I was almost certain the theories were false, but I had forgotten that it is one of the ways some governments stay in power by buying people's votes
Exactly. All the basic things the government gives should be like a safety net, and people should always try to get enough money to avoid depending on the government
Exactly. If we continue relying on government, we'd end up miserable, blaming the system always