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Reinventing Democracy

Reinventing Democracy

The whole point of democracy and free markets is to force competition on elites who are desperate to eliminate competition.

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Sep 07, 2023
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What's the point of discussing reforms that aren't even possible in the current status quo? That's a good question, as any discussion of major systemic changes can be dismissed as pointless (since they'll never be adopted), and a distraction from the "real work" that can be managed within the current system.

On the other hand, we might ask: what's the po…

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