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Could we better, for sure. But some enlightened dictatorship will not solve our problems. I really don't understand how these old and defunct dreams of the new
by RandomLensman 3y ago
Could we better, for sure. But some enlightened dictatorship will not solve our problems. I really don't understand how these old and defunct dreams of the new society and the new human can still be that attractive.
None of these problems are really new and have been looked for millennia by now.
- ben_w 3y agoThat this conversation went: "Let's ban advertising" "How?" "Laws" "It's depressing people can't think of this" "Enlightened dictatorship isn't going to help" …suggests thinking in a false dichotomy. We don't need a dictatorship, enlightened or otherwise, to have laws.
- RandomLensman 3y agoThe suggestion was some expert based system...
- ben_w 3y agoName a government which doesn't use experts when determining the law. (No Brexit jokes allowed :P)
- RandomLensman 3y agoTheir impact is often low or even ignored. They are not in charge.
- ben_w 3y agoThat would still be the case; I don't see what justification you could have for describing the suggestion above a dictatorship.
- ToucanLoucan 3y agoWell if you expand that slightly to "Name a government which use experts who don't have ties to the private sector they stand to benefit from by watering down regulations" the number of governments drops substantially.
- ben_w 3y agoOnly if that's "no experts with any ties" rather than "any experts with no ties". And the governments generally know about this risk too. (Whether they care about the risk or see it as an opportunity for enriching themselves, that's a separate matter).
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