The problem with these sorts of schemes is that they necessarily put in place the mechanisms by which those who do want to control every aspect of people’s lives -- now have the tools in place to do it.
This was a big point that the founders of the US had in mind when they separated the powers of government. The idea was to remove the ability for a small number of people to control the masses.
In our current system, all of these new flashy things sound great, but they never come about for the practical or useful reasons that are presented. They are only presented that way.
I find it interesting that the answer to so many things these days is, surrender your freedom, property, hell your sense of self being, and everything will be better. You’ll own nothing, and you’ll be happy -- right?
The issue posed is “Climate Change” the answer to this is to live in compact centrally controlled cities. But you’ll still be free, mostly...
“The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.” - Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) circa 1960s
Sometimes I wonder whether Schwab's Bond-villainishness is a deliberate performance, based on his thinking that there's no such thing as bad publicity. Consider that he and the WEF don't formally have any power: if "populist" media attack him, that only reinforces the idea that he's important and the WEF matters and if you have power you should participate in it.
“Some countries do want complete control over their population.” This is a good quote. Politics is full of people attributing false intentions to their opponents. Human-scale design should be objectively better but people are subjectively attaching a false intention behind it and throwing the baby out with the bath water.
The problem with these sorts of schemes is that they necessarily put in place the mechanisms by which those who do want to control every aspect of people’s lives -- now have the tools in place to do it.
This was a big point that the founders of the US had in mind when they separated the powers of government. The idea was to remove the ability for a small number of people to control the masses.
In our current system, all of these new flashy things sound great, but they never come about for the practical or useful reasons that are presented. They are only presented that way.
I find it interesting that the answer to so many things these days is, surrender your freedom, property, hell your sense of self being, and everything will be better. You’ll own nothing, and you’ll be happy -- right?
The issue posed is “Climate Change” the answer to this is to live in compact centrally controlled cities. But you’ll still be free, mostly...
“The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.” - Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) circa 1960s
Sometimes I wonder whether Schwab's Bond-villainishness is a deliberate performance, based on his thinking that there's no such thing as bad publicity. Consider that he and the WEF don't formally have any power: if "populist" media attack him, that only reinforces the idea that he's important and the WEF matters and if you have power you should participate in it.
“Some countries do want complete control over their population.” This is a good quote. Politics is full of people attributing false intentions to their opponents. Human-scale design should be objectively better but people are subjectively attaching a false intention behind it and throwing the baby out with the bath water.