Notices by Laurelai Bailey (laurelai@mastodon.starrevolution.org), page 9

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@Earth1Citizen Sure it is. You just dont understand the technology.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/02/08/the-only-green-new-deals-that-have-ever-worked-were-done-with-nuclear-not-renewables/#437d26927f61 The Only Green New Deals That Have Ever Worked Were Done With Nuclear, Not Renewables

@Irick *laughs in gen 4 nuclear*

@maverynthia asdfasdfasdfasfdasdf

@gewt you arent my real mom!

@ckeen @grainloom @pinkprius Those dont sound like they would work very well in the winter or cold environments

@ckeen @grainloom @pinkprius Yeah but you dont need all this complicated expensive and rare earth mineral intensive stuff with a nuclear reactor like a gen 4 or an SMR

@Codeawayhaley Hopefully its that and not great filters

@maverynthia Even better if we had a powerful agency to compel the money from the rich people to pay for all the shit poor people need

What you dont get is more "right" answers. You get ones people agree not to murder each other over, most of the time.

The thing about democratic decision making isnt that you get better or wiser answers out of it than autocracy, its that you get less lethal ones.

An autocrat can send tanks to crush dissenters to a new policy, democracies generally dont do this in most circumstances. Though it has happened before.

i wish more people understood selectorate theory

Horizontal power structures help prevent autocratic systems from arising by limiting the available power to any one person.

By making the nominal selectorate, the real selectorate and the winning coalition one in the same the system must act in the best interests of everyone.

This forces the output of nothing but public goods that people want and need.

Selectorate theory indirectly points to the solution of power. In the dictators handbook they state that in workplaces making them democratic would solve a lot of problems. I agree.

It also solves a lot of political problems to increase the democratic nature of the system. Make the power structure more horizontal. Basically the solution indirectly points to anarcho-socialism

If the nominal selectorate, the real selectorate and the winning coalition are one in the same for a political system, the system is completely horizontal. This is anarchism.

If the nominal selectorate, the real selectorate and the winning coalition are one in the same for a business. This is socialism.

@awbrainno Trust me the chaos will bring opportunities to exploit, especially after the dressing down others got on your behalf

@awbrainno Seize power in the confusion. Someone is going to anyways, might as well be you.

@awbrainno want some advice?