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I agree, wealth and power are closely related right now. But why? We could focus our energies on the distribution of power instead of the distribution of weal
by dollar 11y ago
I agree, wealth and power are closely related right now. But why? We could focus our energies on the distribution of power instead of the distribution of wealth. We could create a world where power and wealth were not so closely correlated. Arguably, our original constitutional government was a lot closer to that than we are today. That was when we had apportionment of 1:100000 in the U.S. House. That was when State governments elected their senators. That was when it was assumed that any State could withdraw from the Union, that any county could withdraw from a State. It was before a massive, centralized federal government.
- mikeash 11y agoWealth is ultimately the codification of power. A dollar is the representation of the power to get somebody else to give you a dollar's worth of value, or do a dollar's worth of stuff for you. They are not perfectly linked, but I think they tend to come together. If someone has a lot of economic power, which they can use to get a bunch of people to give them things or do things for them, that's an avenue to political power. If someone has a lot of political power, they can leverage that to get economic power. Your statement about how the original US government was closer to this than today doesn't sound right to me. Weren't only people^H^H^H^H^H^men^H^H^Hwhite men who owned land allowed to vote?