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IMO it's gotten too sophisticated to tackle head-on. Back then, if you were getting screwed, at least you knew how and by whom. Now, the vast majority of people
by ThrustVectoring 8y ago
IMO it's gotten too sophisticated to tackle head-on. Back then, if you were getting screwed, at least you knew how and by whom. Now, the vast majority of people who really understand how any particular rent-seeking scheme works are the rentiers themselves, so any public policy debate quickly devolves into a mix of noise and actual malice.
- marvin 8y agoI initially mistook your first comment for defending a broken system (don't know how I could have done that), but this is just beautifully cynical. I buy your reasoning, and the state of things is actually quite tragic. Most people who understand how this works will think "okay, so this is broken, but how can I profit from this?" rather than focus their energies on how the system can be fixed. The former is much easier to accomplish.
- RestlessMind 8y ago> Most people who understand how this works will think "okay, so this is broken, but how can I profit from this?" rather than focus their energies on how the system can be fixed. The former is much easier to accomplish. Taking that cynicism one step further: I don't think it is about ease or difficulty of either approach. Rather, those who understand the system also typically understand the human nature, particularly its lust for power, which prohibits any system from being truly fixed. Because any system is going to be gamed by someone to accumulate power for themselves (or their inner circles). So why not apply your insights for your own benefits?