I don't like the insinuation that the people who are for peace and cooperation are somehow the fools in this equation, so please, enlighten us.
What do you believe in bro?
To answer the question at hand -
practical ways to fix the economy - I haven't really strayed too far from
this. And no, I don't think it's the absolute best solution. And I don't think it is fair to some people. And if things were different then great, we could talk about other practical solutions.
But given the circumstances, it is practical, and it would work pretty well, and no one else has put out anything that is both
effective and
practical. Or should we wait for the job creators to come through? No no, they can't, because they're too regulated and restricted to invest in high capital intensity labor and production. Mm.
Honestly, yes I think that people who are for peace and cooperation are for the most part fools in the equation, to the extent that there is an equation. I'm for peace and cooperation and I sure as shit feel like a fool in the equation most of the time. By fools, I specifically mean that people who are for peace and cooperation do not generally appreciate just how differently the most evil people on the planet are, and how seriously they need to be kept in check to preserve the well being of the rest of the species. Good people in general don't weigh seriously the gravity of people in positions of the highest power on the planet who literally obsess over how to start world wars, famines, brainwashing campaigns, perpetuate hatred, and so on. To that extent yes, I think they are absolutely fools in the equation because they are ignorant of the game and the stakes.
You often say that the vast majority of people are peaceful and cooperative. Absolutely. Unfortunately there are, and always will be, a very small minority of very charismatic, genocidal death cultists who rise to the top an call shots. And they sure as shit do not depend on government to express their psychopathy. And they never will. I personally fail to see how a purely market dependent civilization will improve humanity's chances of these kinds of people not adopting positions of power, consolidating their resources and purposes, and subjecting people to their ill will - let alone create meaningful improvements to existing living standards, longevity, etc.
Suppose Jake's outlined changes came to pass. Suppose even that the former country's reactors, dams, levies, armories, tanks, thermonuclear devices, highways, electrical grid, water, and all of the other important things of civilization were then somehow (how?) privatized in a meaningful way. I cannot fathom how the people at the top of the pyramid would not actually favor this turn of events. They are the top. They don't have bosses. Theyliterally run the world. They don't answer to anyone. Even now, with government. They don't go to the Hague, they don't do time. They don't answer to anyone. They make the rules up as they go. I see them throwing a party then scooping up all the weapons, printing presses, and shipping routes, and creating massive, sweeping cartels to rule with an iron fist. A distributed monopoly of power..which would bring the whole thing full circle, minus the peoples' ability to effect change through legislation (yes I know lol voting).
That's how I see it. If people voluntarily renounced government I think the powers that be would actually have an easier go at it. It being mass genocide, bioengineering, surveillance, hoarding and suppressing technology, generally making life literally hell on earth, etc. Maybe I'm wrong.
