My message here is that banning trading isn't going to stop politicians from acting corrupt. In both cases their power is too great and their greed is insatiable. I think Stalin had some good ideas on how to handle corrupt politicians.
I'd rather something be done than nothing, especially if doing nothing is only accelerating the decay. I've already seen enough acceleration of decay to decide that accelerationism is overrated and people are suffering, now, and can't wait for ideal perfect conditions for change before succumbing to what's already hurting them.
It's like playing defence in basketball. You out pressure on them and make scoring as hard as possible. It will dissuade some percentage from participating, and the more barriers there are the more people will not consider the effort worth it.
I mean, short of a needed complete government overthrow, if we can make things harder to be corrupt, then why not
My message here is that banning trading isn't going to stop politicians from acting corrupt. In both cases their power is too great and their greed is insatiable. I think Stalin had some good ideas on how to handle corrupt politicians.
I'd rather something be done than nothing, especially if doing nothing is only accelerating the decay. I've already seen enough acceleration of decay to decide that accelerationism is overrated and people are suffering, now, and can't wait for ideal perfect conditions for change before succumbing to what's already hurting them.
It's like playing defence in basketball. You out pressure on them and make scoring as hard as possible. It will dissuade some percentage from participating, and the more barriers there are the more people will not consider the effort worth it.
I mean, short of a needed complete government overthrow, if we can make things harder to be corrupt, then why not
Agree.
Well said. I may think of that next time it comes up.
See also: China executing party officials for corruption
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