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Can civilization work without social compulsion? I think our fear that it can’t, or our belief that the only way to compel people is the threat of punishment,
by panic 2y ago
Can civilization work without social compulsion? I think our fear that it can’t, or our belief that the only way to compel people is the threat of punishment, is what keeps these dynamics alive.
- datadrivenangel 2y agoCompulsion is mandatory, but it can be majority structured as positive suasion and emphasizing the benefits of collaboration.
- readthenotes1 2y agoPlus "If we don’t do something about it we could lose democracy. We already are. " I assume she is referring to the attempts to remove Donald Trump from various State ballots in 2024, making it harder for people who would have wanted to vote for him to do so. Not quite as far as happened in Romania of course. There are very few MAGA communists, if any.
- lo_zamoyski 2y agoI reject the phrasing of the OP. It's not compulsion. As a human being, I need food, shelter, etc. to live. To acquire these things, I must labor. Where's the compulsion in that? This is a category mistake.
- Muromec 2y agoCompulsion is in the amount of labor you need to perform, because you have to provide for food, shelter, etc for yourself and also make sure the rich have the riches, military has fancy toys and billionaries can play in colonization of mars.