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Underneath the monopoly problem is the nationstate problem. The issue is about power and how to limit it with rules, but rules are too exploitable at multiple l
by dustingetz 6y ago
Underneath the monopoly problem is the nationstate problem. The issue is about power and how to limit it with rules, but rules are too exploitable at multiple layers unless all the players agree to play by them. So first we need the world governments to consolidate (which is happening – USA federal level growing in power relative to individual states, EU growing in power relative to countries, and of course 1000 years ago power was much more dispersed than today).
- netcan 6y agoThis sort of position is part of the reason why monopolies are such a hard problem to address. At one end, it's all inherent in capitalism. We can't address anything without transcending capitalism, the nation state, etc. At the other end, it's all inherent in capitalism. We can't address anything without destroying capitalism, the nation state, etc.
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- SQueeeeeL 6y agoThose both sound like the same position. Your also ignoring the third position (which is the best one)! Accepting nothing matters and allowing capitalism to control the world and that megacorps are eventually going to steamroll all of us. At least then we'll have cool bladerunner cities (probably kinda awful for all the human beings, but at least we don't have to question the status quo)
- sudosysgen 6y agoWell, nothing matters but I don't like to get steamrolled. Also, it's kind of interesting how in our circles it's legitimately easier to imagine the world ending than for capitalism to end.
- dustingetz 6y agoI'm saying that we just have to wait. Governments have been consolidating and will continue to consolidate and society will become resilient to these problems like it is resilient to everything else, & probably in time for your kids to see it. In the meantime, hard problem is hard.
- vmception 6y agoEU is fantastic to watch Agencies that havent been captured yet trying to muscle multinational companies Its like completely new opportunities for my generation! I can watch basically every corporate regulatory capture conspiracy documentary and use them as an instruction manual on how to place my people in European institutions.