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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by smt88 on Sunday May 29, 2016 @12:26PM (#11796917)
If something has to be done on a large scale, government has to do it.

Massive change has to be through a medium that is culpable and transparent. That is, in theory, a position only a government can or should hold.

US government needs thorough reform, but the mechanism of change has to be a government in the end.

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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by dnautics on Sunday May 29, 2016 @01:19PM (#11797160)
Since when are governments "culpable and transparent"?
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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by smt88 on Sunday May 29, 2016 @01:33PM (#11797244)
They aren't completely, but they are more so than private institutions can (or should) be. What alternative is there?

Also, non-military portions of government in the US tend to be surprisingly transparent.

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