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You think the only part of government that can't be captured is the executive? Obviously, the legislative and judicial system can be captured. And, the first st
by sharemywin 8y ago
You think the only part of government that can't be captured is the executive? Obviously, the legislative and judicial system can be captured. And, the first step is to convince the populace that the only solution is non governmental. That run-amok capitalism is inevitable. That all politicians are crooks. That voting/change is a waste of time.
- User23 8y agoIt’s much harder to capture the court system because it is so much more distributed than administrative regulators. Also judges are much less likely to retire in 4 years to work for the people they judged. Regulators routinely retire to work for those they regulated. For example it’s the courts that are reining in Monsanto. Regulators didn’t care a whit about the harm they caused. Big tobacco is another example. the list goes on and on.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoThe East Texas judges did a great job enriching their community by showing off their rubber stamp to patent litigants.
- User23 8y agoFor a while, but a stop was put to it. Look, this isn't that hard. I'm not saying any branch of government isn't corruptible, we're all smart people here and we know that any human organization can be manipulated. But that doesn't change the fact that it's observably true that centralized power structures, like administrative regulation, are much more easily captured than distributed ones. This is basic civics, but sadly that isn't taught anymore. Even so I shouldn't have to tell anyone here why distributed systems are more fault tolerant and robust than centralized ones!