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If the no human path is good enough for trillion dollar big tech companies ... why not for government. I don't think it is good enough for either, but I also t
by blitzar 1mo ago
If the no human path is good enough for trillion dollar big tech companies ... why not for government.
I don't think it is good enough for either, but I also think we should practice, and run our companies, as we preach.
- mandevil 1mo agoBecause companies can choose their customers, and can choose not to serve some customers because they are too difficult/expensive, while a government can't ethically make the same choice. A government (at least a liberal democratic and republican government of, by, and for The People) serves all their citizens, it's kinda the point, whereas a company definitely maintains types of customers they are not interested in. This is a fundamental problem with "running government like a business," one of several that point to the fundamental flaws of the entire idea (profit motive, unitary unit of execution, etc.).
- FireBeyond 1mo ago> while a government can't ethically make the same choice I'm glad you said "ethically" because the current US administration is openly admitting that they're making decisions on things like school funding, disaster relief based on whether that state went for Trump or not.