Someone figured out a long time ago that people are largely incapable of taking responsibility for their lives, and that the few that do will still, at every turn, look to slant situations to their advantage and conservation of effort, even to the detriment of others.

Humans have earned the government and the monetary system that they have inherited. Western constitutional republics could only ever be a relatively short lived experiment.

If we want better, humanity has to BE better.

I often wonder if purifying our incentives to the degree necessary to have a world that is not ever more divided into “haves” and “have nots” is even possible in a plane of existence that is inherently competitive.