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Nobody will ever fix any dysfunctional system (in any sector!) -- until and unless they first realize that someone's "dysfunctional" system -- is someone else's
by peter_d_sherman 6y ago
Nobody will ever fix any dysfunctional system (in any sector!) -- until and unless they first realize that someone's "dysfunctional" system -- is someone else's "highly functional" (and desired!) system...
Simple example: Rent.
To a tennant, rent is a "dysfunctional system" -- something highly dysfunctional about the world that needs "change".
But to a landlord, rent is a highy functional system(!) -- something to be desired and preserved!
It's the same way with Debt.
It's the same way with Laws.
It's the same way with Taxes.
It's the same way with Corporations.
In fact, a person (should they decide to look objectively, which is difficult for many to do) -- will find this same pattern true in any number of so-called "dysfunctional" systems -- that exist in the world today...
That any given system is "dysfunctional" and needs "change" -- will 99% of the time be found to be in the "eye of the beholder".
If anyone wants to change any "dysfunctional" system in the world, the two primary, most fundamental steps (and there are many more!) to doing so are:
1) Realize that most "dysfunctional" systems -- are actually highly functional -- but only to a select group of people that preserve and protect and promote those systems...
2) Live life (and/or learn to see things) from that group's perspective... Would you be so inclined to change things if you received benefits from that system? If not, then what does this say about human nature? Would you honestly be inclined to change a system that currently benefits you, if other people, other people you don't know, are incovenienced by it? You might say you would, but can you really know this without walking a mile in someone else's shoes?
There is, of course, a whole lot more to this... that's the tip of the proverbial iceberg...
(Note to Future Self: Write a longer essay about this... there's a whole lot more to this simple but profound understanding...)
- rrsmtz 6y agoYou would probably enjoy CGP Grey's video Rules for Rulers, which covers very reasonable arguments for why politicians don't enact "good" legislation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs