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[Sarah Andersen] Capitalism
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Capitalism would work if everyone played fair and all members of society were able to make informed decisions. Unfortunately businesses are always allowed to lie and cheat their way to success because they hold the power through capital.
Comminism would work if everyone played fair and all members of society were able to make informed decisions. Unfortunately the communist party is always allowed to lie and cheat their way to success because they hold the power through purity tests.
Most systems would work a lot better if they didn't require all participation to be in good faith.
Obviously it's the point you're making, but this is pretty reductive
Bad faith participation disappears pretty rapidly if there's nothing to gain from it.
Centralised power structures are fundamentally a big part of most of our problems.
You don't require universal good faith if those working in bad faith are unable to amass any substantial power.
There's plenty of flavours of left-wing ideology built around decentralised power structures
No, but it is a trade off from substantial power over a larger group for a lot of small time bad faith actors having an easier time affecting a smaller group. Like how a small town sheriff can be malicious on their own without needing an organized state level party to enact their abuses of power.
I'm not sure which is better or worse overall, but definitely agree that too much centralization ends up with opportunities to do far more damage to a larger population in a shorter period of time.