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In history there are exactly three ways in which different people end up doing the different jobs needed for civilisation. * You can have a caste system, where
by iguy 9y ago
In history there are exactly three ways in which different people end up doing the different jobs needed for civilisation.
* You can have a caste system, where everyone does what his father did. Which is more fun if your dad was a priest than if he had to shovel shit.
* You can have someone with a gun tell you what to do. This was Stalin's preferred system. It doesn't mix well with democracy, because threatening to shoot yourself doesn't get coal dug out of the mine.
* You can use money, and let people trade their time for the fruits of their labour. This can exist with or without democracy. It can exist with varying levels of redistribution, too, but people still call it capitalism.
What is this alternative system?
- RealityVoid 9y agoI really don't see the caste system fitting in your example. I am not very knowledgeable of it, and might miss something, but surely, even in a caste system you get remunerated and paid. A caste is more of a who does what system rather than an incentive system.
- iguy 9y agoYes, that's exactly my point. These are the systems for deciding who does what. The incentives are purely monetary only under the 3rd system. Under the 1st & 2nd systems, not doing what you're supposed to do results in violence.