• DreamlandLividity
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    2 months ago

    People, not systems, are the problem.

    That’s like saying the players don’t suck for losing, it’s the ref and the rules of the game.

    Human nature is what it is. We need our political and economic systems to rein it in and channel it towards good*.

    But designed from the ground up to prevent major deviations, is in order.

    Yes.

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      2 months ago

      Think the problem is that no one has dreamed up a political/economic system that actually reigns it in.

      You can see a change by moving from one to another, but once everyone has settled into the ‘rules’ of the game, some asshats game whatever rules those are to be back on top again.

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        2 months ago

        Well, there are very few things that are perfect. Making small improvements one step at a time usually leads to more than good enough results. It’s when most people stop trying to improve things when it starts falling apart. And when it gets bad enough to wake people up, it is usually too late for easy fixes.