thinking about society rn consider the following
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so basically a major problem of government is cultivating a relationship with its citizens that is Cooperative to avoid these contracting problems
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governments can do this by not imposing hateful terms, by keeping its operation as local as possible, by keeping the contract space predictable and limited, and by cultivating a sense of shared intetest and identity
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noting all of this it seems like (i) representative governments probably have advantages over nonrepresentative, (ii) the US really has probably fucked up by nationalizing and bureaucratizing everything instead of keeping most operation small scale and devolved to localities
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tldr today im mad about the twentieth century thanks for listening
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trick question, the IRS doesn’t call
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IRS = Irrational Revenue Service. they dont know how much you owe them so they need you to figure it out
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I mean, I kind of would, but boy howdy am I a Special Case
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would I turn down the opportunity to speak with demons? of course not, the fact that I hate them doesn't mean they aren't important let me grab the guts of this world and shove them into the shape they should be
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right, that's the problem with groups at scale... cooperation becomes bureaucratic and lifeless
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