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> That's not to say there aren't collusions and conspiracies and bad doings by people with power, there most certainly are, but the fact these succeed are probl
by rpearl 8y ago
> That's not to say there aren't collusions and conspiracies and bad doings by people with power, there most certainly are, but the fact these succeed are problems of a system
You are describing a "cabal intent on keeping the little people down". The cabal works by taking steps to perpetuate systemic inequality forward.
The people involved are extremely well positioned and connected, have ridiculous amounts of material resources to call upon, and are extremely highly incentivized to keep these systemic flaws around. Thus, there is no reason to believe that systemic updates will inevitably happen.
- mythrwy 8y agoThere are lot of people incentivized to keep things one way or the other. They aren't all big people. Presumably no one wants to see the system crash. But if each person can cheat just a little, well, it's everyone else's fault in their minds. The power elite conspiracy model in my mind is too simple and doesn't fully explain the phenomenon. Because instability isn't good for anyone so I belive it's much more complex and systemic rather than a planned conspiracy of a group of individuals. Systemic change is inevitable I think. Sometimes it involves a hard reboot or re-install though and no one in their right mind wants that. So maybe some things in the system can be fixed to restore balance. But first we need an accurate model of what is going on, and as loathsome as bankers and insurance CEOs might be, this isn't all their doing and they aren't the only ones preventing the fix.