There's also a misconception of the human as one thing. Exploring the human as a collection of interest groups, made up of selves, one not knowing the other, gives a model for how entirely disparate drives and perspectives can exist in the "same person" from day to day, or moment to moment. Mechanical behavior unfolds: trigger -> self, where each self purports to speak for the whole: https://t.co/Z3wGsvyqcG
Somehow these two beliefs coincide at the same time, in the same social groups, on the same platform, and even within the same person.
My view is that technological change is disrupting the political system, but that the system was doing its best to hang on regardless, and has lasted longer than anyone might have expected, yet is indeed fated to experience a singular happening (and indeed already has).
The US federal budget is $7 trillion.
There are 535 in the Senate and Congress.
They collectively allocate that money.
Specifically: 7000/535 = 13 billion per official.
Which means AOC is a political billionaire.
She allocates far more than any market billionaire.
Indeed she allocates ten billion liquid, per year.
A market billionaire has one billion, illiquid, per life.
So: AOC spends 10-100X what a market billionaire has.
It's not even close.
She's right about one thing, though.
AOC didn't earn the tens of billions she spends.
The state taxed that money, by force.
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@Jason I’d explore the idea that most humans DO have this mindset, but it is covered. If so, we stop covering it up through the education system, and we explore how to uncover it in adulthood.
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