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'Corrupted' doesn't mean unsalvageable. It's easier to patch a broken system than it is to make a flawless system on the first try. You can't start patching a
by stirfish 5y ago
'Corrupted' doesn't mean unsalvageable. It's easier to patch a broken system than it is to make a flawless system on the first try.
You can't start patching a brilliant set of ideas until you look directly at the flaws and their sources. Like, voting is a great idea, but they forgot women in v1.
- monocasa 5y agoBoth options have the potential to be right, but only accepting patch fixes is prone to being stuck in local minima. I'm increasingly with Thomas Jefferson and the idea that the constitution should be rewritten fairly often, on the order of each generation. If there's consensus each 20 years for simple patch fixes (or even no changes), great! If there's consensus for a more radical restructuring then that's just democracy in action.