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#Plebs, I have a question:

Isn't the #government supposed to be working for us? Clearly hasn't been the case in 100 years.

If they aren't working for the people, then who's their boss? I don't take the "1%" for an answer, it's too meaningless a term. It's not like they're gonna start working for you if you graduate to the 1% .

They are working for someone else that isn't me or you. Government offecials working for someone or something other than the people is the definition of #treason, and should only be treated as so.

Protesting them to them is idiotic at best. You either get them fired and taken to court for their treason or implement total disobedience. In the meantime work on becoming self sufficient and use #Bitcoin. What do you think?

#BTC, #Pleb, #Freedom, #Hope, #Sovereign

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ĐaꝞꭵꞧuꞩ.₿ 🟠 2y ago

Themselves.

Entropy 2y ago

It's easy to forget that all the government is, is a collection of people.

People who follow their incentives. Except it's distorted because their performance doesn't matter, but the perception of their performance matters very much.

So they turn into parasites who get paid and have job security for a song and dance routine that doesn't solve any problems and actively worsens the situation in the long run.

They work for the elites in the sense that the elites know how to leverage wealth and power to play on the incentives of bureaucrats and elected officials.

Most of them are not on Dr. Evil's payroll, they are just working for themselves to keep the grift going for as long as possible.

Nuts 2y ago

The bad "incentive structure" theory isnt valid. It is incomplete and can only work if you assume the corruption is a standalone event. It just doesn't work.

Bad incentive structures produce direction-less forms corruption. Look at the world from multiple angles and you'll see the pattern. Its a pattern soaked with intent and direction.

Entropy 2y ago

It's a consistent and very real factor in human decisionmaking. We're talking about literally millions of human beings that exist within the government.

You have to account for the fact that incentives drive behavior if you want an accurate read on why a particular person or group of people behave. It's not the only thing that drives behavior, but it's everpresent.

What did you mean when you said it only works if corruption is assumed as a standalone event?

Nuts 2y ago

I don't disagree that bad incentive structures drive human behavior towards a bad outcome. I strongly agree.

By standalone I meant looking at the incentive structure as the shelling point where there is no "before" or looking at the world through this one lense. It predicts human behavior with accuracy provided you know the incentive structure, but it never questions where it came from.

For example, I understand the current monetary incentive structure on a global scale pretty well. I can predict the behavior of investors, consumers, etc. It also helps me personally by positioning my self appropriately. But it fails to identify the origin of the incentive structure and how to correct it. You'll do well playing the game but you can't change the game or understand its origin by playing the game.

To see my point more clearly, I encourage the following:

1. Studying the structure of interest well, and find out if it is of natural origin. Did it just occur, like the flow of time, gravity, or entropy? Or,

2. Expand your map to include a few more incentive structures at once and at a global scale (e. x. Macroeconomics, Geopolotics, sociology, religion, war, etc.). Looking at the world through this lense allows you to see the behavior oo not only investors, but politicians, warmongers and global thugs. And you'll see the behaviors rhyme. You'll see they're not directionless orphan events of corruption here and there.