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Too many unfounded assumptions > Let's face it, putting the genie back in the bottle isn't an option. The genie might be where it's always been, just a few ne
by bigbadfeline 1y ago
Too many unfounded assumptions
> Let's face it, putting the genie back in the bottle isn't an option.
The genie might be where it's always been, just a few new smokes and mirrors added for laughs and giggles.
> Either we reconstitute the aristocracy under a new, still-undefined regime or we solve the class problem so there's no aristocracy left to legitimize.
"We" being like who? And "aristocracy" is who?
You lost me at Phase 3 because scientists, engineers, policy wonks don't fit any definition of aristocracy. Phase 4 didn't offer new candidates for coronation, so what gives? Are you fomenting a revolution against said scientists, engineers and policy wonks? That's curious to put it mildly.