It's Time to Act – A Response to Marc Andreessen
I was waiting for Cory to get to the main reason he had an issue with Marc's article, since most of his initial response was just quoting other random bits and pieces to try and prove him wrong. And then came this sizzler:<p>> We’ve chosen not to build a system because we’re a racist, classist country.<p>And there it is. Racism is to blame. All the deaths in NYC due to unpreparedness, lack of funding over decades, a shitty private health system, no decent leadership from both sides of politics ... they're actually because the US is just a racist country. The IRS? Turns out they're actually racist for requiring a bank account to transfer money to.<p>Sorry. You need to do better than that.<p>> Or, you know, break the systemic racist, classist policies that form the backbone of repression throughout this country.<p>Oh look, there it is again. Not enough hospitals being built? That's because we're racist. Core infrastructure falling apart? Yeah, racism. Not enough jobs to go around? That's racist too!<p>This is pathetic.