The Second System problem. Unfortunately even very (legitimately!) smart people fall into the trap.
Though it's true that they may know it's a trap. Ulterior motives aplenty.
Re:Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy
by s1artibartfast on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @01:04PM
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People fall for it because sometimes it is objectively true.
It is often not clear when that is.
The idea that tearing the political system down and starting from scratch will fix things is just as much of a fantasy as the idea that a greenfield rewrite of code will produce something with all of the desirable features of the original and twice as fast.