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    Corporate Democracy

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    On 2/14/2022 at 12:51 PM, Riles said:

    At the end of the day you're a layman

    At the end of the day, everyone is in this respect. Even professionals have these same troubles determining what will and won't work, and they are the ones that are saying "it can't work because humans". It's such a huge dynamic variable conglomeration that there literally is no better way to put it, short of writing several hundred books worth of information that the vast majority of humans already inherently know due to being a living human.

    On 2/14/2022 at 12:51 PM, Riles said:

    If you want to explain why a political system wouldn't work you need to explain why in detail.

    Why? It's not like typing out several hundred post's worth of info is going to actually going to change anything, or convince people of anything they already very vocally disagree with, especially on a subforum of a forum populated solely by fans of a youtube video series' creator.

     

    None of us have any hope of actually changing anything, though I will be trying in the next couple years. (running for US President in 2024, barring medical issues or a seriously good candidate being in the running)

    Cars suck ass, change my mind

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    On 1/10/2022 at 9:03 AM, FoolOfWorms said:

    If things are at a point where it gets too expensive to buy a car for the smaller communities that just means that communities on the fringes of societies will have to being moving closer to population centers which isn't the worst thing in the world IMO.

    Yeah, because who needs food anyways? Megacorps can do all that for us!

    On 1/10/2022 at 9:03 AM, FoolOfWorms said:

    I kind of want urban sprawl to die down as much as possible if I'm going to be frank, and people who have to work in remote areas like farmers can be given private cars and trucks as machine necessary for work, like how tractors and threshers are.

    They aren't given those, they basically sell everything for several decades to pay off their leases, and then they still have to return that equipment. No on short of a megacorp is ever going to provide them to a farmer for free, and even they force terms akin to slavery.

    On 1/10/2022 at 9:03 AM, FoolOfWorms said:

    Thats all assuming your point is even correct, which is debatable in of itself considering the amount of people living in remote areas and how important cars would still be by necessity.

    The amount of people in rural areas is high, but not high enough to warrant more than maybe 1 manufacturer, and they wouldn't be doing year-round production unless there were inbuilt features to prevent the vehicle from operating past a certain date. (planned obsolescence is the only way it could be profitable)

     

    Just because it's debatable, doesn't mean that those debating it are correct. I could debate that time always moves forward for humans, since I'm well versed in quantum physics, but that won't change that it does only move forward for humans who perceive time changing.

    On 1/10/2022 at 9:03 AM, FoolOfWorms said:

    Like sure it'll probably go up a little because cars would no longer a disposable commodity

    It already isn't disposable for any but the richest people in the world, and it wouldn't just be going up a little, it'd go up by A LOT! My statement about it being in Ferrari pricing wasn't exaggeration, that was a finding by one of the companies that did studies about the feasibility of mass transit between Colorado Springs and Denver.

    On 1/10/2022 at 9:03 AM, FoolOfWorms said:

    I'd like for you to prove that before saying it if you don't mind.

    I kinda do mind. This is easily searchable information on Google, so I won't insult you with a LMGTFY link.

    On 1/10/2022 at 9:03 AM, FoolOfWorms said:

    trains and railroads have been supplying nations for centuries now

    And they still do, but not nearly by enough to be able to replace the automotive transport systems. Versatility has a LOT to do with it. You get to chose where you want to go, and don't have to go 10 miles and 30 minutes out of your way to get there. You can also transport stuff like a 4x8 sheet of plywood without having to contract out for someone else to transport it. (which would be extremely expensive in comparison)

    On 1/10/2022 at 9:03 AM, FoolOfWorms said:

    and the move to motor vehicles and asphalt roads haven't really made things any more efficient then we were then from what I can tell

    That's because you don't use them for all that they are capable of. There's a LOT more to them than just moving a person from point A to point B eventually.

    Cars suck ass, change my mind

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    On 12/31/2021 at 12:41 PM, FoolOfWorms said:

    Now I'm not saying that for REALLY small towns or isolated farmsteads a personal car can't be bought for convenience sake, but thats not where the majority of car owners live now is it?

    Nobody out there would be able to afford one if they were the only ones buying them. They'd essentially be Ferrari prices for 20 year old Honda Civics. Also, would have to get custom-made replacement parts since there would be no reason to mass produce them.

    On 12/31/2021 at 12:41 PM, FoolOfWorms said:

    So why dont we do this?

    Because it's not feasible in the world today. It would either cost WAY too much, or would be done so poorly as to be worse than not doing it.

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