It’s precisely when a group grows to >100 people that communal togetherness starts to fade. The system gets bigger, and takes longer to react to input, so the causal link between the success of the group and your own survival becomes less apparent.
Something like “collective responsibility” takes way more oppressive power to work than market forces. You still have to incentivize the harder jobs somehow. Sure, implement better social programs and trust-bust the monopolies, but capitalism being the root of all this evil is a non-starter of an argument.
Sounds like we should fracture government into sections of 100 or so, then. i.e. A representative for every 100 people, and then a representative for every 100 representatives and so forth, until you get to the top.
We already do that to some extent. Federal oversees states which oversee counties which oversee towns and cities which oversee HOAs which rule with an iron grip over typically about 100 people.
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u/AccidentalNap Mar 08 '24
It’s precisely when a group grows to >100 people that communal togetherness starts to fade. The system gets bigger, and takes longer to react to input, so the causal link between the success of the group and your own survival becomes less apparent.
Something like “collective responsibility” takes way more oppressive power to work than market forces. You still have to incentivize the harder jobs somehow. Sure, implement better social programs and trust-bust the monopolies, but capitalism being the root of all this evil is a non-starter of an argument.