• Sturgist
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    4 hours ago

    Isn’t it possible that all of the options we’ve thought of are incompatible with the basic nature of a few sociopaths seizing everything and grinding decent folk under their boot?

    • BothsidesistFraud@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      That’s exactly my belief. Stationary bandit theory is very strong. So the best you can do is a democracy where at least you can kick out bad guys every so often.

    • ZMoney@lemmy.world
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      There are some exceptions of egalitarian societies here and there over the past 6000 years but more or less yes.