FDR already solved the “what are people supposed to DO in a post-scarcity capitalist society besides imploding and then overthrowing the government” with the New Deal and specifically the public works project/Works Progress Administration. the library doesnt really NEED a cubist mural, especially not a government-funded one, but that’s the kind of shit you actually should be directing taxpayer money towards if you want to create a relatively stable capitalist socialist state. i mean we did and do actually need bridges and manhole covers and asphalt and apartment blocks which were also a major part of the program as i understand it, in current year of our lord a ton of American infrastructure is still running on top of New Deal concrete which desperately needs retrofitting and maintenance lol, but the new deal funded a lot of library murals too. borderline unthinkable in 2025 to imagine a widely-known and publicly-accepted presidential plan to occupy idle labor force during an employment crisis with building playgrounds and lawns and so on
It’s the sort of thing Europe does with their mixed economies.
Also literally meant to stop a communist uprising, despite being accused of being communist, which tells you the people screaming commie use it to refer to things they don’t like.
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