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The government isn't a hivemind, it's a "city" unto itself with different factions with different interests. Only when one awakens to this reality can one see w
by 1letterunixname 3y ago
The government isn't a hivemind, it's a "city" unto itself with different factions with different interests. Only when one awakens to this reality can one see what is going on is not necessarily a malicious, cynical conspiracy by design but ambivalent neglect by Tragedy of the Commons for the most part. Except for campaign financing pulling the strings of the political class at the top, that adds a good 90% of the corruption.
- eru 3y agoMoney isn't actually all that important in politics. Including campaign financing. See https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/18/too-much-dark-money-in-almonds/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/18/too-much-dark-money-in... for some numbers and a deeper analysis. (Also, whenever you hear about some scandal in the news that involves politicians and money, the sums are almost always laughably low compared to eg government budget or compensation for top CEOs in the private sector. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDU_donations_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDU_donations_scandal for a German example.) I agree with the rest of your comment about organisations being made up of different people with different motivations, not a hive mind.
- willcipriano 3y ago[flagged]