The Texas Freeze illustrates just some of the shortcomings of conservative economics as a basis for public good. The nation’s problems will only get worse the longer we pretend private solutions are best for all situations.
But notice something important: the mainstream media never discusses the fact that a failed economic system is at the heart of so many of our nation’s woes. And they won’t, either, because they are the public relations arm of the owners of that system and the owners are making out like bandits. So, we need to discuss the problems ourselves.
The first problem with conservative economics is that it wants to imagine that
— source commondreams.org | Robert Freeman | Feb 20, 2021