Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely...
by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday April 11, 2022 @10:51PM
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But if the greed is not coordinated, it's not going to pull an organization in a unified direction.
Yes, I agree that you can see examples in some parts of the world and in some time periods (including today) where even uncoordinate corruption is very damaging to a society. But - and this is important given the context in which I started talking about this - it does not appear to be a pathway to regulatory capture nor the formation of giant corporations in the sense that was proposed up-thread, in which a powerful "federal" organization is used to enable such organizations to exist.
Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely...
by infogulch on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @02:00AM
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> But if the greed is not coordinated, it's not going to pull an organization in a unified direction.
Greed won't direct an organization in a unified direction, but that just exposes a vulnerability where an outside party can exploit the greed at an individual level to direct the organization in a unified direction of its choosing.
Example: greed.
There is such a thing as unorganized corruption. Example, in lots of third world countries where their infrastructure and systems are so bad it breeds corruption. No need for a top down version of it.