hglman

But also no.

Your whole point lacks any semblance of the reality of inequality, the reality of being poor or even middle class. The absolutely non sense idea that a private utility company would even sell you shares or that even if they did that owning some tiny amount of a company is the same as being part of a democratic process or that for profit companies can even be allowed to make choices that are counter to making profit.

I will accept that existing bureaucratic schemes and liberal democracies are lacking and we can do better but its not by privatization.

Maybe you should realize cars suck.

Everyone cant have all the same days off, there is already divide between service and shift workers and everyone else, a longer weekend would make it worse. The time off has to be spread around and Holidays do need to exist to make exceptions so everyone can hangout at the same time.

Why would you be on the clock? You work 3 hours and that pays enough money.

Elites do fall they are often just replaced with new ones but its absolutely plausible the snake eats him

Resigning helps make the case for a replacement now, say his health has declined and he the nation is bigger than one man.

Especially if she has "offical acts" engraved on a sword.

Yeah but what about in 9000 years?

If he actually was on his game they wouldn't have succeed. Its absolutely a sign of his age that he got pushed and he did the right thing to step down. its the wrong time but better late than never.

Yes, very insightful.

Its like saying we just need good kings, no ids a bad system. Any capitalist system will devolve in corruption and monopoly. No regulations can survive the unavailable regulatory capture and corruption.