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>I don't know why a central authority works better. But it seems to be manifestly true if you look at human history that it works better once you try to scale s
by StanislavPetrov 6y ago
>I don't know why a central authority works better. But it seems to be manifestly true if you look at human history that it works better once you try to scale society beyond the tribe.
Hundreds of millions of people who have been murdered in wars organized by central authorities would probably have a different opinion.
> The burden of covid, for example, is falling disproportionately on people of color in no small measure because of denialism.
If you think that the poorest and most marginalized people in society are the ones who stand to gain from a concentration of absolute power among a centralize governing authority, I urge you to learn some history.
- secondcoming 6y agoAmericans seem to think that the world was a harmonious, peaceful nirvana until the 'white man' set sail. It's a failure of their education system.