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That doesn't seem to track what I have seen with real societies - people will do all sorts of horrible things for petty advantages to non-advantages. Look at th
by Nasrudith 6y ago
That doesn't seem to track what I have seen with real societies - people will do all sorts of horrible things for petty advantages to non-advantages. Look at the sheer damage corruption does as they sell government resources for pennies on the dollar because it isn't their money.
Also even if you somehow made the worker economy (which seems to have become less likely since the end of literal cottage industries) given productivity's linkage to capital investment that would still result in resources to exploit a government. It is called a voting bloc. Coal miners don't want to give up mining coal despite the negative health effects and other mining jobs being available. The uncomfortable truth is 'a more democratic government' and 'a government that does everything you specifically want' are not compatible.
- sudosysgen 6y agoCoal miners will absolutely never, as a voting bloc, have anywhere near the power of the Energy Industry. It's also much easier to change their minds, by giving them another job at a net zero cost to society, than it is for a billionaire oil tycoon. I agree that a democratic government won't do everything that should be done, but it's the least worst option we have. The best way to reduce corruption is to attack the class system.