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   Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 08:26:59 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

   Exceptionally good video essay. The only problem with analysis like this is what's the solution? Maybe there isn't one. Also interesting is that the rise of authoritarianism led to the Pax Romana. So collapse is probably much further off than we think. They can kick the can down the road for centuries.

   https://youtu.be/pMRW5vEPVgg

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     Miyagiyoda (miyagiyoda@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 01:56:53 JST Miyagiyoda

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     @ned Find a way for citizens to keep a stake in society, a physical anchor that keeps them personally grounded in the present and hopeful for the future. You must want children because you see a good future. You must want fast relationships, local community and a share values. You must see the value in and of your labour. Farming is a template. Small businesses, artisanships, and common ownership in large enterprises seem viable alternatives. Perhaps the key is limiting scale and local monopoly.

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     Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 08:45:08 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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     • Miyagiyoda

     @Miyagiyoda yeah small privately owned business is the equivalent to farms. The point is producing something of value and not relying on government or oligarchs to do so.

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     Miyagiyoda (miyagiyoda@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 22:01:16 JST Miyagiyoda

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     @ned The problems seem to begin when then the money moves in and drive everyone else out of business. There is a difference between being successful in business and actively undermining your competition. Good anticompetitive laws and monopoly busting (no more than 40% dominance in an industry, and even that is generous) seems the vanguard. Perhaps we need to filter for sociopathic leadership in companies and government.
     I really don't know how you effectively minimise lobbying.

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     Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 09:08:58 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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     • Miyagiyoda

     @Miyagiyoda I'm not against companies being successful. But things shift when the managerial class is in charge of your lively hood, rather than a person.