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I don't feel as though this proves some golden rule on world affairs. I think Russia is like this because of their unique past and I think other countries do t
by rbg246 9y ago
I don't feel as though this proves some golden rule on world affairs.
I think Russia is like this because of their unique past and I think other countries do things because of their own pasts, there is no one rule like gravity that ties human behaviour on a mass scale together across cultures.
If anything I find I can turn your argument into reverse by, the reason why you see so many rich politicians in America is because Money is greater than State and this is why billionaires become political officials rather than revolutionaries. But I wouldn't say that because it would rather simplify a complex situation
- tertius 9y ago> there is no one rule like gravity that ties human behaviour on a mass scale together across cultures. Self interest/self preservation is genetic.
- rbg246 9y agoI think you are right, self-preservation - the atoms of human motivation and behaviour
- cjslep 9y agoThere are places where money is greater than state. That's where countries that have bribes as part of their governmental interactions - money literally circumvents the states' authority. Having a billionaire politician means they're playing ball with the states' rules - they are not circumventing the rules. They may rewrite the rules within a legal framework - but they're still playing ball with the state's power, not hiring thugs on the street to stuff ballot boxes.
- rbg246 9y agoI think I just take a different view than you, who writes the country's rules, the people in power, who has the power, the people with money / property to protect, I think we are both describing the same loop just diverge on where this loop began.