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> …isn't taking advantage of what's offered around them. is that not an absurdly slippery slope? what if rather than anyone having to take advantage of anythi
by catchnear4321 3y ago
> …isn't taking advantage of what's offered around them.
is that not an absurdly slippery slope?
what if rather than anyone having to take advantage of anything, things just worked better, and everyone agreed that such things matter?
- yowlingcat 3y agoEveryone agreeing to not conduct financial crime would be nice, agreed, but there would be no societal need for common law and court mediated legal relief. In lieu of that, how would you envision any society arriving at such an end state?
- catchnear4321 3y agoby starting
- yowlingcat 3y agoStarting is necessary but not sufficient to arrive at a durable steady state. Sorry, that isn't good enough.
- catchnear4321 3y agowho said it was?
- boondoggle16 3y agoThen we would live in a high-trust society, like the United States and Europe used to be 100 years ago. Or like Singapore is now. But we don't, and never will again, for very complicated reasons.
- scarface_74 3y ago> Then we would live in a high-trust society, like the United States and Europe used to be 100 years ago. The United States didn’t even “trust” Black folks enough to allow them to drink from the same water fountain, live in the same neighborhood, go to the same school or be part of the financial system as late as the 60s.