CAS WR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Outlandish
14 Feb 2017
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It"s true that we could still make improvement under the current political system: restrict the amount of property owned, prevent the prince from being too powerful, Keep people from being too crazy, not allow public offices to be bought. This last one is important because if public positions can be paid for, then only the rich can hold these positions (total vicious cycle). So yes, some of these laws could make a difference, but really, it would just be like helping a sick person feel better. It doesn"t actually cure the real issue; that requires getting rid of private property. And in fact, by temporarily alleviating the symptoms of private property, you might make the whole thing worse in the long run. (hythloday isn"t very clear here about how or why) People would just stop working and then there wouldn"t be any property at all.
