It certainly means something, it means that every time we make a system at scale, someone games it to exploit the rest, it’s just a question of how gaming the system looks, and how much we preserve a fluid dynamic where that can change over time.
I think we can have pretty decent progressive economic principles in essentially pure form in tight knit communities where everyone has a decently nuanced understanding of what everyone is doing for everyone, but scaling up those concepts to extend that to more loose economic relationships has proven elusive…
I was unclear. What I mean is that you shouldn’t confuse a phrase being cute for being supported by evidence. You’re making an assertion, but it’s really just nihilism.
No system of governance is perfect, but capitalism concentrates the most power in the greediest and most willing to cheat and steal. And one reason the US is so terrible is that our constitution is so old and written specifically to allow rich white men to control everything.
It certainly means something, it means that every time we make a system at scale, someone games it to exploit the rest, it’s just a question of how gaming the system looks, and how much we preserve a fluid dynamic where that can change over time.
I think we can have pretty decent progressive economic principles in essentially pure form in tight knit communities where everyone has a decently nuanced understanding of what everyone is doing for everyone, but scaling up those concepts to extend that to more loose economic relationships has proven elusive…
I was unclear. What I mean is that you shouldn’t confuse a phrase being cute for being supported by evidence. You’re making an assertion, but it’s really just nihilism.
No system of governance is perfect, but capitalism concentrates the most power in the greediest and most willing to cheat and steal. And one reason the US is so terrible is that our constitution is so old and written specifically to allow rich white men to control everything.