• LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
    242·
    9 hours ago

    The problem is authoritarianism, whatever path you take there. Maybe there’s a government type that minimizes the odds of a rise of an authoritarian leader, but I don’t know what it would be. If somebody knows, please tell me.

    • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 hours ago

      Communism sounds great but it assumes that the people who rise to the top and run the government are going to share the wealth. Humans aren’t like that, we are too selfish. The ones who reach the top will always take more and give less to the ones at the bottom

    • PugJesus@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      231·
      9 hours ago

      There are many systems that reduce the risk, but none so far that eliminate it.

      All systems are made up of people, and all rules are only relevant insofar as people are willing to follow and enforce them…

  • PugJesus@piefed.socialOPEnglish
    392·
    10 hours ago

    Mandatory note: Fuck the elites of red fascist nations, this is just pointing out the immense hypocrisy of conservatives. When it’s painted red, it’s bad - when it’s painted gold, it’s apparently Just Good Business.

    … also, secondary mandatory note, the elites of many Soviet-style nations lived worse lives than Western proletariat, other than the potential for managerial-style exploitation of subordinates (both practically and sexually), and achieved that standard of living only by import of massive amounts of Western consumer goods. Kings of the Ashes…