The Rationist

No Gains for the Middle, No Gains for the Top. Capitalism as it should be.

A project of the Adams Institute.

[The Rationist @rationists]

Without an appropriate intervention to de-concentrate household wealth, thereby de-polarizing society and recovering a moderate political disposition, the long-term survival of popular government in America is theoretically and historically improbable.

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[The Rationist @rationists]

#Anacyclosis

[The Rationist @rationists]

Rationist No. 7, on how extreme wealth concentration destroyed the Roman Republic.

Hate to break it to you, but #America's Constitution will fare no better folks...

#Rationist #Rationism #VitruvianCapitalism #Capitalism #democracy #Constitution

https://t.co/pGmMQONrFN

[Izabella Kaminska @izakaminska]

In @TimRFerguson’s latest anacyclosis piece for the Blind Spot, he argues extreme wealth concentration destroyed the Roman Republic and the same trend might be repeating now for the West. https://t.co/DrrrXOEqGv

[Izabella Kaminska @izakaminska]

🧵THREAD🧵This is a teaser of @TimRFerguson’s deep dive into what is fueling the west’s Democratic “moral panic” and some of the ideologies being leaned on to justify a regression away from rule by the people to something more authoritarian. https://t.co/OSBEL6OGnL

[The Rationist @rationists]

#Rationism #VitruvianCapitalism

[The Rationist @rationists]

Wealth #redistribution vs. Wealth #deconcentration.

Wealth deconcentration is the plan of the #Rationist.

Which party will adopt this platform first @GOP @TheDemocrats?

#Capitalism #Socialism #Rationism #Communism #UBI #BasicIncome #Welfare #MiddleClass #Democracy #Anacyclosis

[White House History @WhiteHouseHstry]

Happy birthday to our 2nd president, John Adams (1797-1801), born on this day in 1735. https://t.co/eGnC4Ne6Nl

[The Rationist @rationists]

@rationist4 @ChrisMurphyCT @TheAtlantic @rationism @anacyclosis_org @adamsinst Or #Rationism, a/k/a Vitruvian Capitalism

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[The Rationist @rationists]

@LucilleGriffin Perhaps. But the current ones would be grandfathered (subject to exceptions) and the States should favor this, considering the trillions in $ this would likely deliver. Almost all of the requisite 38 States for ratification have fewer than 10 residents exceeding these thresholds.

[The Rationist @rationists]

In 1776, #America awakened #democracy from its 2,000 year slumber.

In 1945, America made the free world safe for democracy.

Today, America must save its own democracy or it will soon lose it.

To learn more, FOLLOW US.

[The Rationist @rationists]

@LucilleGriffin 100% would be distributed in equal shares to the States, consistent with Thomas Jefferson's suggestion in his 2nd inaugural (to distribute proceeds of a luxury tax to the States). This will strengthen #Federalism.

Jefferson's 2nd inaugural, 5th para.:

https://t.co/AmMIap1DkT

[The Rationist @rationists]

Check out our new elevator pitch, condensing our argument for #Rationism to a single page.

Share it with all of your friends.

The #Rationist #Ancyclosis #VitruvianCapitalism

https://t.co/QaV3AKFL4O

[Izabella Kaminska @izakaminska]

And here’s the sixth installment of our Vitruvian Capitalist reset series by @TimRFerguson’s (of the @anacyclosis_org) arguing in favour of a tax reset that reframes incentives in a way that hopefully lifts all boats by ratioing them. https://t.co/h6mEY7MjgT

[The Blind Spot @theblindsp0t]

Why is the extreme concentration of riches the death knell for democracies? Tim Ferguson of @anacyclosis_org explains in the latest of his Rationist series.

https://t.co/WOiLgJsiYb

[The Rationist @rationists]

America's middle class declines. Unless household wealth is de-concentrated, thereby de-polarizing political society, the long-term survival of legitimate popular government in America is theoretically and historically improbable.

[The Rationist @rationists]

#America's middle class declines. Unless household wealth is de-concentrated, thereby de-polarizing political society, the long-term survival of legitimate popular government in America is theoretically and historically improbable.

#Anacyclosis

https://t.co/Co9dOhgveC

[The Rationist @rationists]

#America's middle class declines, as avenues of upward mobility have narrowed. Unless household wealth is adequately de-concentrated, thereby de-polarizing political society, the long-term survival of popular government in America is theoretically and historically improbable.

[Izabella Kaminska @izakaminska]

The Blind Spot is hosting a series of essays by @TimRFerguson from @anacyclosis_org arguing in favour of Vitruvian Capitalism/Rationism. (Not to be confused with actual rations). This is Part 5 in the series. https://t.co/qAwtsng3Hd

[The Rationist @rationists]

#America's middle class is getting crushed.

And as our middle class goes, so goes our moderation, our civility, and our #democracy.

#Capitalism declines. #Socialism rises.

But the problem and the solution are both as John Adams said.

#Rationism

https://t.co/2cHOGwltCe

[The Rationist @rationists]

@rationist4 @therecount @rationism @anacyclosis_org @adamsinst If we want to backsolve for the middle, we need to benchmark against the median.

#Rationism

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