> Surely you didn’t misunderstand me to be serious about doing you harm? The whole point was that our rational discussion of the alternative to punching, that is: rational discussion, was demonstrably preferable to might-makes-right.
Well, I am being serious. The problem with rational discussion is that it only works if the other party is…
> Surely you didn’t misunderstand me to be serious about doing you harm? The whole point was that our rational discussion of the alternative to punching, that is: rational discussion, was demonstrably preferable to might-makes-right.
Well, I am being serious. The problem with rational discussion is that it only works if the other party is interested and able.
> Weilding power in the form of money on the order of a billion dollars, is not an order of magnitude any of us would agree to cede.
Hence the need for a distributed system with multiple billionaires. As opposed to putting all wealth under the control of some "Make-Everyone-Basically-Middle-Class organization".
> If there is profit AFTER the Make-Everyone-Basically-Middle-Class organization achieves its titular mission statement, then those so inclined can duke it out for their share of that excess. But they don’t get seconds before we’ve all had firsts.
Let me try to explain my point one more time before I give up on your ability to engage in rational discussion. Your "Make-Everyone-Basically-Middle-Class organization" would find that as it attempted to carry out its mission, all the wealth it was counting on suddenly starts evaporating.
> Surely you didn’t misunderstand me to be serious about doing you harm? The whole point was that our rational discussion of the alternative to punching, that is: rational discussion, was demonstrably preferable to might-makes-right.
Well, I am being serious. The problem with rational discussion is that it only works if the other party is interested and able.
> Weilding power in the form of money on the order of a billion dollars, is not an order of magnitude any of us would agree to cede.
Hence the need for a distributed system with multiple billionaires. As opposed to putting all wealth under the control of some "Make-Everyone-Basically-Middle-Class organization".
> If there is profit AFTER the Make-Everyone-Basically-Middle-Class organization achieves its titular mission statement, then those so inclined can duke it out for their share of that excess. But they don’t get seconds before we’ve all had firsts.
Did you even read my comment on the subject? Here is the link in case you lost it. (https://barsoom.substack.com/p/the-day-the-irish-snapped/comment/44275690)
Let me try to explain my point one more time before I give up on your ability to engage in rational discussion. Your "Make-Everyone-Basically-Middle-Class organization" would find that as it attempted to carry out its mission, all the wealth it was counting on suddenly starts evaporating.
Never mind the corporation, that wasn’t serious. I’ll come back to this but bedtime now.