[ExI] retrainability of plebeians
Stathis Papaioannou
stathisp at gmail.com
Sat May 2 10:30:42 UTC 2009
2009/5/2 Rafal Smigrodzki <rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com>:
> Same with GI - the problem is in feeding the parasites and punishing
> workers over long time. At first just a few parasites, and not
> punishing much but as parasites breed, they vote for more money, so
> the burden on workers is higher, so there are fewer workers and more
> parasites, and the positive feedback effects feed on each other, until
> something breaks.
Something breaks when, after a few years of this, the population
realises they are becoming increasingly worse off relative to those
countries that have better economic systems. So in the end every
country in the world should converge towards low taxes and low
government spending, if that does indeed lead to better outcomes.
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Stathis Papaioannou
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