Democratic capitalism (capitalism + democracy) alongside a strong and efficient social welfare system is what I personally adhere to.

  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    17 days ago

    Only by ensuring that there are numerous power bases with the ability to effectively restrain one-another, and relatively free entry/advancement in each, can a free equilibrium be maintained in a society.

    Agreed. Any system is going to require a strong system of checks and balances. That’s one of the few good ideas the founding fathers had. They gloriously fucked up the implementation obviously. But the core concept is critical.

    Of course, we have quite a few regulations and regulatory bodies nowadays, so the only real question is in the details of it, rather than the general concept. The concept is obviously workable.

    For now we do.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      17 days ago

      For now we do.

      More generally, I meant simply that government regulation is proven as a workable solution, conceptually, to restrain third-parties. The only remaining questions are tied up in ‘how to regulate the details’ and ‘how to maintain the regulatory body’, both of which we are currently experiencing… deep imperfections in the current implementation.

    • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      17 days ago

      Agreed. Any system is going to require a strong system of checks and balances. That’s one of the few good ideas the founding fathers had. They gloriously fucked up the implementation obviously. But the core concept is critical.

      Any system with checks and balances will fail when they are ignored. The current US situation is the continuation of at least a century of not holding the people who have tried to overthrow the governement accountable.

      • Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        17 days ago

        That’s where they fucked up the implementation. It’s being ignored because 1 party controls all 3 branches of the federal government.

        They implemented a voting system that naturally devolves into a two parry system. Checks and balances don’t work when you are the one checking yourself.