I think Communism could have worked out in Japan post WWII .. due to the Weber-like work ethic :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanbetsu https://en.wikipedia.o

I think Communism could have worked out in Japan post WWII .. due to the Weber-like work ethic :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanbetsu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanbetsu >The organization was able to mobilize a large section of white-collar workers in government and civil service sectors. Salaries in the public sectors were about a half of salaries in the private sector, a fact that enabled the public sector to become a centre of radical trade unionism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Socialist_Party#Katayama_government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Socialist_Party#Katayama... this explains why it was okay to "renazify" Japan eg Abe's granddad https://youtu.be/5_-Ac68FKG4 https://youtu.be/5_-Ac68FKG4 (See comments for nuance "from the ground". Fictionally, I recall that communist vs fascist sympathies were a backdrop in Murakami Haruki's earlier work.. he sneered at both) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobusuke_Kishi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobusuke_Kishi Sorry to glaze over the cybernetics earlier here is something I revisit from time to time that you might also find interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondratiev_wave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondratiev_wave (Which points to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_composition_of_capital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_composition_of_capital Rhymes with enshittification.. ) >Writing in the 1920s, Kondratiev proposed to apply the theory to the 19th century: -1790–1849, with a turning point in 1815. -1850–1896, with a turning point in 1873. As to the failure/distrust of (mature) institutions.. my latest hunch says it's somehow hard (="complex") for a bunch of hominids to collectively decide whether they want to solve a strong link or weak link problem. How does this turn into a cybernetic mechanism?