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My simplistic mental model of our society is the motion of celestial bodies under the force of greed. The upside is that greed keeps things in motion. The downs
by akomtu 4y ago
My simplistic mental model of our society is the motion of celestial bodies under the force of greed. The upside is that greed keeps things in motion. The downside is that eventually those thing tend to form big clumps that pull the surrounding matter at the rate proportional to the size of the clump. The anti-trust laws are supposed to be intelligent forces that break up such clumps. There is, probably, an equivalent of the black hole: an indestructible organisation with such force of greed that nothing can escape it; in practice it would be some unholy union of state and business, a corporation that writes laws for itself, has an army and doesn't answer to anyone.
- routerl 4y ago> it would be some unholy union of state and business, a corporation that writes laws for itself, has an army and doesn't answer to anyone. William Gibson liked the term "Zaibatsu"[0]. See also the textbook definitions of "neoliberalism", and "fascism". [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaibatsu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaibatsu
- pyuser583 4y ago> the motion of celestial bodies under the force of greed This is pretty much his Aristotle thought the planets moved … by angels/demons motivated by greed. I loved studying Aristotle, but the man could think himself into a hole. Edit: the intelligences move the celestial spheres “as ends” - that is, their being desired (not their desiring) causes them to move the the celestial spheres. Sorry for the confusion on that.