>>59375002Yeah, it's very true... Sometimes even the most brilliant people I know just don't want to give it more thought, so I respect that decision but always feel sad we still have tiptoeing on eggshell topics like that. Another aspect to it I think is most people are apathetic, and this is true historically too, if you look at the percentage of populations that actively participate in revolutions, it's always less than a 4th the population, usually around 15%, which means it doesn't take that much to change a system, but if it's for the better or for the worst, nobody truly knows till it plays out for long enough.
Systems change hands, new elites are formed inevitably, a lot of old elites are re-integrated because of their resources and connections, and the cycle of corruption happens all over again, in different forms. One of the advantages monarchic systems for example, is that ultimate responsibility is upon a single figure and potentially their dynasty, which does make it easier to keep them in check, since historically any time a country or nation's military starts destroying it's own citizens, the civilization itself is dead. By having them shoulder the responsibility to their people, at the least monarchs have to hear the concerns or be ousted, either by political rivals who will at least to some degree, answer the people's calls or risk being ousted themselves, or by revolutions of various kinds, such a religious ones, or people's revolutions. Unfortunately as with any body of organization, this isn't a guarantee for true reform either, being a good revolutionary doesn't necessitate good statesmanship or what it takes to lead a nation and meet a people's needs, and many of those that would oust a monarch are not necessarily the best people to take their place either, or exploiting a weakness for power..
Besides the apathy, a lot of people probably don't like coming to terms that what they grew up with or were taught from their youth might not be truly ideal, or their belief structure is built upon lies, so I don't necessarily blame them... It takes a specific kind of mindset to truly be willing to be open to change, usually ones of either humble or ambitious nature.
I'm blessed that my online group of gamer friends from around the world are the kind of people that do like to discuss it, we've discussed at many points what an idealized system would look like, and it involves A LOT of checks and balances, even for the checkers and balancers themselves, like a mobius plane of check and balances that would be very difficult to implement and require an immensely disciplined population to maintain.Thank you again! I don't feel worthy of the praise, but that's kind of something that was beaten into me by my experience growing up. It would be lovely to have discussions I feel with you as well on various topics! It's honestly refreshing to see people who are passionate about learning and discovery, and who love to talk to people about various deeper topics. If you ever want a friend to talk about things about, my steam and my discord and the zomboid gmail are all in the pastebin. I'm open to it, but I'll be honest in that I'm not always an initiator when it comes to topics and I get busy so I don't always have timely replies too. Made quite a few friends here, and I try to reach out when I can, talk quite a bit to a few of them, starting D&D with vocaroo bud soon too! I'll be on thread too if you'd rather keep it here, though! For now I just finished eating lunch and I'm gonna get back to the house chores, the dog and the cat leave a lot of dander and the weeds never stop trying to take over the patio, and the tiles need scrubbing too. Hope you're having a wonderful day! Looking forward to Prism cup later!
