Re:US is an oligarchy, not a democracy (2014)
by bilbo0s on Thursday January 10, 2019 @03:25PM
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>I bet most people's token solution to this will be to expand the size of government [...] which will [...] only solidify these "elites" & special interest group's market positions...
and:
>No one ever wants to [...] limit government...
???
Um...
but, um, won't limiting government "only solidify these 'elites' & special interest group's market positions"?
Right now they have to negotiate with the government to determine what they can take. Under your proposal, they would negotiate with no one to determine what they can take.
There is no outcome where the élites don't win. Only a spectrum along which we have varying degrees of control over them. Under the current regime, we have relatively little control over them. Under your proposal, we have even less.
One road leads to disease and despair, but the other leads to death and destruction.
and:
>No one ever wants to [...] limit government...
???
Um... but, um, won't limiting government "only solidify these 'elites' & special interest group's market positions"?
Right now they have to negotiate with the government to determine what they can take. Under your proposal, they would negotiate with no one to determine what they can take.
There is no outcome where the élites don't win. Only a spectrum along which we have varying degrees of control over them. Under the current regime, we have relatively little control over them. Under your proposal, we have even less.
One road leads to disease and despair, but the other leads to death and destruction.