• @[email protected]
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      1211 months ago

      A government could be good. In theory:

      • one year terms for elected individuals in public offices
      • no second term
      • getting elected is a random draw (akin to jury duty) based on the individuals’ capabilities
      • authority limited in scope within city states

      I’m sure there’s other ideas regarding this.

      • @[email protected]
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        611 months ago

        getting elected is a random draw (akin to jury duty) based on the individuals’ capabilities

        Who asseses people’s capabilities in this system? As they are likely the most powerful people.

      • monk
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        211 months ago

        With 1 year and no second term they’re just gonna steal everything within their reach from day 1, so we need to balance it with:

        • all public servants live under full transparency, 24/7 body cams etc for years after, financial transparency for life
        • 2x to all prison sentences while serving
        • a well-oiled practice to jail everyone who ain’t a total saint

        Then, maybe.

        • @[email protected]
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          211 months ago

          It’d need to be a system that automates itself instead of needing surveillance. Something that simply disincentivizes corruption.

          • monk
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            111 months ago

            How about “if you accept the bribe, report it and do nothing, you can keep it”?

      • uralsolo [he/him]
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        211 months ago

        If you don’t change the economic system then you’ll just run into exactly the same problems as we already have. The one year term elected officials will be handed pre-written legislation by corporations, they’ll be heavily incentivized to pass it, if they don’t it’ll be a short turn around before the people with Capital can try again, and if they instead try to pass their own legislation that Capital doesn’t approve of it they’ll get the next person to undo it.

    • @JohnDClay
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      911 months ago

      Some oppressors (indirectly, but essentially) started drawing lines one day and agreed that they would each get to farm the humans in their own territory.

      Control goes back further than just territories to tribes. The tribe identity is only later tied to specific locations. Tribes formed because pooling resources burdens and learning was more efficient than doing it all yourself. From there, the tribes expanded and joined together and eventually settled into one location. So I disagree that oppressors just decided one day.

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      311 months ago

      This was the case before countries existed. The territories used to be limited to how far the human cattle could walk, be productive and walk back home in day.

      Freedom is only possible where the possibility of encountering other humans is negligible.

      Whenever humans aglomerate, non productive humans require handouts to live. If they do not receive then they die. If they don’t want to die, they will steal. If the other humans resist, there will be a struggle and whoever wins becomes the state.

      I think keeping population below 1 per square kilometer and spread out is the best solution to the state predation problem.

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        411 months ago

        Whenever humans aglomerate, non productive humans require handouts to live. If they do not receive then they die. If they don’t want to die, they will steal.

        Yeah, we know, politicians.

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          011 months ago

          You got it, the mediators between us and them. See Europe and their history with romas people, for what it looks like when this peace breaks down.