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Replying to @0x49fa98 @CovfefeAnon
In simpler terms, productive people don't need government and can only be exploited by it due to the nature of democracy
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Productive people very much need government. Want to deal with foreigners? You need a government that can protect you and negotiate with their sovereign. Want to not get robbed by an invading army? Want to have an environment conducive to moral development of your children?
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @0x49fa98
No matter what system of government you advocate for, the democratic tendency is still there. How do you ensure your government avoids exploiting minority classes for the benefit of the majority when that will always have the support of the masses?
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Have a King, the King has Dukes, the Dukes have Barons, the Barons have households. No democratic tendencies at all. Taking from one set of households to benefit another set takes away from one Baron to benefit another so the second Baron uses his power to protect his clients.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @0x49fa98
All you've done in your example is shrink the pool that each ring of government has to be accountable to, it doesn't remove the democratic tendency. The Baron has to keep the majority of his households happy. If that means... 1/2
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plundering a minority of households he controls to satiate the majority, he will do so, so long as the Households cannot defect to another Lord. The same problem exists at each rung in the hierarchy.
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Why would a Baron decide to transfer from one group to another? A few reasons I can think of: Some kind of Coaseian payment on externalities paid as compensation The tax receiving set provides some kind of service the tax providing set doesn't (better civic minded behavior?)
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The point is that a rational acting Baron won't just decide to rob Peter to pay Paul - he'll have to have a reason to incur the deadweight loss. The *larger* point is that this is about the best you'll do - trusting a man's judgement who has responsibility for outcomes.
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