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Aella
@Aella_Girl
My political/economic philosophy priors: 1. No rule about political/economic systems is completely accurate or universal 2. In general, emergent phenomenon from low-level agents is better than top-down rules 3. Culture has huge impact, and often determines the success of a system
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
re: 1; political philosophies have a flaw somewhere. e.g., I'm libertarianish, but libertarianism philosophy is imperfect; philosophies are built on assumptions around things like 'rights' or 'freedom' or 'safety', which are arbitrary and socially flexible.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
re: 2; emergent phenomenon leads to better stability and a more complex and vibrant being; see what systems arise naturally out of watching people pursue what they need, and will often be way more nuanced and detailed in the right ways than planned laws can be.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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re: 3; debating if communism/anarchy/capitalism is best leaves out the incredible importance of the culture of the people in this system. The system and the culture work in tandem as one being; you can't separate them. A system might thrive with one culture but fail with another.
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E_on_TW
@e_on_tw
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The reasonableness of the system appears to be more relevant to whether if a system is emergent or top down. Even monarchy or theocracy often was an emergent system.
Chris Meyer
@ChrisMeyer16
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@Aella_Girl
Please read Stuart Kauffman's "At Home in the Universe". I sent it to your kindle. It lends rigor and completeness to the subject of emergence, starting from the bottom ("we started with pre-quark energy--how did we get to avocado toast" explained.)
Frank N
@electechfn
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Emergent phenomena also being a product of necessity within different physical environments. This affects philosophical and economic systems. Different physical environments cause different systems/cultures.