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Re:Silicon Valley Billionaire Battles Surfers Over Beach Access by brc on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @11:43PM (#7708506)
Or, you could try a liberal democracy with a strong constitution and separation of powers, based on common law and strong rights of individuals.
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Re:Silicon Valley Billionaire Battles Surfers Over Beach Access by quasque on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @12:58AM (#7708673)
If such a system was incorruptible, constructed such that it would be impossible for a small group of individuals to hoard the majority of the global wealth, and guaranteed a pleasant and equitable standard of living for all - then it might work.

Unfortunately, the current implementations of this ideal fall far short.

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