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Power will always attract the corrupt and corruptible. The problem is the power. Reducing the size and scope of the federal government and devolving power to
by patrickmay 8mo ago
Power will always attract the corrupt and corruptible. The problem is the power. Reducing the size and scope of the federal government and devolving power to the states, communities, and individuals is the only way to minimize the negative effects of humans with too much authority.
- ranger_danger 8mo agoReducing the size of the government just makes it where billionaires and corporations control everything instead, which we're already seeing now. You'd need a way to reign in their power/wealth as well.
- eikenberry 8mo ago+1... Reducing government is part of power reduction, not the sum total. To reduce the size of government you need to reduce the size of things it manages. So, for instance, anti-trust would need a huge buf in enforcement to eliminate concentrations of power in business. I'd think strongly progressive inheritance tax would cover the rest.
- worik 8mo agoAbolishing private property is another way of defanging power
- eikenberry 8mo agoHas this been tried successfully anywhere? Seems like mostly a dead end as long as we have resource scarcity.
- 837263292029 8mo agoLet's start with your private property.
- mackeye 8mo ago95% of the commenters on this post own no private property.
- AppleAtCha 8mo agoThis assumes that govt and individual families are the only players in the game. Now as in other historical periods large corporations hold arguably more power than either of those groups and reining in govt leaves little obstacle to them consolidating even more power and wielding it globally.
- simplify 8mo agoPower is not the problem, because power exists regardless of who owns it. We the people actually have a relatively high amount of power in our states and communities. We just don't use it. The real solution is to convince the masses to pay attention, which is harder today than it ever was.