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This is due to the fact that the intelligence & character of the masses are incomparably lower than the intelligence and character of the few who produce some t
by danbruc 3y ago
This is due to the fact that the intelligence & character of the masses are incomparably lower than the intelligence and character of the few who produce some thing valuable for the community.
We could have a world without cashiers, you just take what you need from the shelves and throw the correct amount of money into a box. We could have a world without locks on houses, cars, and bikes. We could have a world with no trash on the ground. A world without police. I wonder what percentage of the masses prevents such a world.
- forkerenok 3y agoI think higher than we're willing to admit. And that number could include you, me and other people reading your comment. I don't remember who of the philosophers wrote about this, but they cautioned against being delusional about infallibility of ones own moral compass. At least that's my lossy reproduction of the thought. (I promise I'm not a cynic.)
- pnut 3y agoI'm not sold on the correlation between intelligence, character, and producing value. How many self made billionaires achieved their position by utterly disregarding both moral and legal dimensions? How many tiny villages exist on the fringes of capitalism, and operate primarily on the basis of trust?
- danbruc 3y agoHow many self made billionaires achieved their position by utterly disregarding both moral and legal dimensions? All of them if you apply strong enough moral values. Nobody can earn a billion by his own work, you can only become a billionaire by getting into a position where you can take a share of the work from many people.
- trey-jones 3y agoI might classify utter disregard of moral and legal dimensions as extracting value rather than producing value.