There are all sorts of churches and balances meant to address specifically the things you bring up. In the end the restraint is mostly through education, transparency, and actually giving a shit about what people need. Anyone with control of actual, physical power can do at they please to increase it, but we cannot keep peop…
There are all sorts of churches and balances meant to address specifically the things you bring up. In the end the restraint is mostly through education, transparency, and actually giving a shit about what people need. Anyone with control of actual, physical power can do at they please to increase it, but we cannot keep people from having access to that power if we're to get things done. We must work to address the incentives. The rest is symptoms.
But, though you've read it twice, i don't think you've read it once. It's absolutely full of aspects intended to reduce the potential for tyranny of any variety. But the details are secondary. The foundation is ethical necessity. Are you sure you've read it?
I do believe a lot of good can be accomplished (and a lot of bad avoided) by good intentions, good education and good incentives, and I believe a lot of bad can be avoided by safeguards. I appreciate the good you are trying to do.
I'm not questioning your ideals - my reservations are regarding the limitations of the structure of your system & I remain unconvinced it will ultimately lead to your ideals being realised, especially over time. This is because your system still has structural features and tools that I believe can be abused, and have often been abused even in endeavours started with the best intentions. I too believe that people should realise and exercise the power they have, just together, and not over others.
I'm just not convinced good intentions are enough in the face of potentially unequal power relationships, and am not convinced that your plans to ameliorate them are enough, but thats why I'm an Anarchist - I'm just not as hopeful as you about such systems remaining ethical when their power is ultimately challenged, as it always is.
But thats fine - you take your path and I'll take mine. I wish you the best on your journey and where our values overlap I look forward to our paths crossing.
Primary duty.
There are all sorts of churches and balances meant to address specifically the things you bring up. In the end the restraint is mostly through education, transparency, and actually giving a shit about what people need. Anyone with control of actual, physical power can do at they please to increase it, but we cannot keep people from having access to that power if we're to get things done. We must work to address the incentives. The rest is symptoms.
But, though you've read it twice, i don't think you've read it once. It's absolutely full of aspects intended to reduce the potential for tyranny of any variety. But the details are secondary. The foundation is ethical necessity. Are you sure you've read it?
If all else fails: https://substack.com/@kaiserbasileus/p-142746841
I do believe a lot of good can be accomplished (and a lot of bad avoided) by good intentions, good education and good incentives, and I believe a lot of bad can be avoided by safeguards. I appreciate the good you are trying to do.
I'm not questioning your ideals - my reservations are regarding the limitations of the structure of your system & I remain unconvinced it will ultimately lead to your ideals being realised, especially over time. This is because your system still has structural features and tools that I believe can be abused, and have often been abused even in endeavours started with the best intentions. I too believe that people should realise and exercise the power they have, just together, and not over others.
I'm just not convinced good intentions are enough in the face of potentially unequal power relationships, and am not convinced that your plans to ameliorate them are enough, but thats why I'm an Anarchist - I'm just not as hopeful as you about such systems remaining ethical when their power is ultimately challenged, as it always is.
But thats fine - you take your path and I'll take mine. I wish you the best on your journey and where our values overlap I look forward to our paths crossing.