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I don't think this is very contrarian. Competition, even with no underlying reason (like patriotism) is what improves things. Some "united human race solving gl
by version_five 5y ago
I don't think this is very contrarian. Competition, even with no underlying reason (like patriotism) is what improves things. Some "united human race solving global problems" is just dressing up a centrally planned economy, which demonstrably has worse outcomes for almost everyone.
There are lots of totalitarians that believe their cause (e.g. climate change, covid) is so important that it should take precedence over market forces (i.e. what people want). Maybe you are advocating that, but its not a contrarian opinion, it's what every armchair slacktivist technocrat is pushing for, as long as it mainly applies to others.
- akudha 5y agoI don't think this is very contrarian. I dunno, the recent increase in rhetoric across the world seems otherwise. Trump, Modi, right wing in Europe etc I didn't mean anything close to centrally planned economy. Countries can certainly work together without having a rule by committee type situation.
- bromuro 5y agoWhat makes you believe that competition is what improves “things”?
- ironmagma 5y agoWe used to have wars and bombings all the time. Now, we have a global economy and international cooperation in space.
- Jensson 5y agoYou either have competition or you have a dictatorship since the only way to stop competition from happening is to make all competing views illegal. Enabling peaceful competition is therefore a must.