I don’t I agree. I believe it’s very size dependent. The more we centralize control, the more space there is for mob-like rule and the more the ruling class become parasites rather than producing members of society.
If more/most services were organized and managed at a local/regional level I think we’d see a vast improvement in efficiency and quality and it would be more cooperative and flexible to boot.
While I do agree with you that most people don't want to be fully and radically responsible for their own wellbeing I don't think that precludes them from being capable of contributing to self-governance at the local level. We've lost quality local governance over the last 100 years because the centralized state has taken more and more power for itself and left nothing of import at the local level. So you end up with poor leaders fighting over crumbs and frivolous rules at the levels that should be running everything.
JeffG / JeffG
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2024-10-10 06:06:36
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