Exactly, except in the case of government, the Trolly Problem always involves millions of citizens on one side, and the government’s cronies on the other.
I believe politicians actually do have malevolent intentions because they only allow the most cunning of sociopaths and psychopaths into their club.
The goals of the elite are very old and well established. Have you ever seen Metropolis?
Agreed, I do believe there are actual malevolent Malthusian ideologies involved in our governments, although probably not at the lower 99%, but rather the top 1%.
Corruption rises to power. Psychopaths can always game whatever system is in place since they have no morals. They merely repeat the expected slogans of a given social system with sufficient conviction and no criticism.
This works because loyalty always trumps competence in social hierarchies. Competence can be bought on a need-to-have basis. Loyalty is harder to come by.
I believe I saw parts of Metropolis if you refer to the black-white movie, I don't remember seeing it in full so I probably didn't.
I agree that 99% of the politicians have no idea what’s going on. They naively believe they are making a change, and probably doing some shady shit on the side to enrich themselves. I’m not worried about them.
However, there is a group of people who have a sort of God complex, and believe they are ushering in a new and better world. So their intentions are technically good in their own mind, but they wish to accomplish this under any means necessary.
You are thinking about the correct movie. Metropolis was made in the 20s, and it’s a favorite film of the elite. These people are not stupid by any means. Check out this article about the movie:
Well formulated.
Bureaucrats generally attempt to solve what they believe to be management problems. Since all freedoms comes with risks, the logical result of combating risks, then, is by abolishing free agency, one step at the time.
This is the tragic but predictable trajectory of bureaucracy and central planning, if allowed to proceed without course correction.
We have to judge harmful actions from their observable consequences rather than merely intentions. Intentions remain an area of speculation while actions are measurable. The road to hell is paved with central planning in the guise of good intentions.
I will check out Metropolis.
