The irony here is that all these exist in the collective imagination of humans today because they were created by human beings in the past. These are known as intersubjective entities. If we didn’t believe (and enforce these) they would have no existence.

To be fair.... The Republic truly was corrupt and basically teetering on the edge of anarchy well before Palpatine came to power. Obviously the Sith caused a lot of that, but mostly they just took advantage of an already dying system. Hm...sounds familiar...

That is so me 🤣

I wish that kids could be taught to think this critically from a younger age. This is not necessarily in the interests of the powers at be, but it’s important so that they become more attuned with the harsher realities of life than get swept away by escapist fantasies.

This is the conundrum of treating homes as investment: housing needs to be both plentiful (hence cheap) for those seeking to buy in, and increasing in value (i.e. scarce) for existing owners. Those who bit the bullet and bought at the top of the market will be the worst hit by a sudden supply glut.

How about instead of deregulating everything, we end Citizen’s United and large campaign donations that are used to buy special favors?

Let’s ban lobbying when it’s attached to donations.

Seems like ending government corruption is a better way to unstack the deck at the top.

Isn’t that usually the case though? I mean enrollment numbers have been on the rise over the recent years, but that’s a common scene at an exam hall in NUS.