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> As it is now, my primary concerns are the increasing concentrations of wealth to fewer people, and consolidating ownership of communications media, broadcast
by InitialLastName 8y ago
> As it is now, my primary concerns are the increasing concentrations of wealth to fewer people, and consolidating ownership of communications media, broadcast and network channels, and intellectual property.
All of those issues, as far as I can tell, are actually a BIGGER problem in the various parts of the world (and of world history) with weaker state mechanisms, in terms of the ability of the largest portion of their populations to reach as far as possible up Maslow's heirarchy.
- logfromblammo 8y agoUnderstanding the reasons why a problem exists is only one part of solving it. Knowing will inform your future strategy, but one should not feel overly constrained by the facts of history. If a problem arises in part because government was too weak, that does not imply that the problem may be fixed by making government stronger. In this specific case, the best solution for consolidation might actually be to weaken IP law, while strengthening FCC licensing restrictions. As for the other problem, the rich seem to have installed themselves and their hopeful cronies to make governments their tools, so their humbling will probably need to come from another vector. Unless, of course, the government tools may be taken back from them. I think that unlikely, but people surprise you sometimes. Setting a higher marginal tax rate on the richest would certainly be preferable to murdering them and taking their stuff, but that's always on the table. I think unions are also a reasonable counterbalance to corporate barons, but the labor cartels are very weak now.