Philosophy Bro, as Hubski dubbed Michael Huemer, has moved to Substack. I Love Corporations is archived. This was a great discussion. Further reading: The Basic Social Problem Humans are selfish. Some actions harm others but benefit the agent. Prediction from 1+2: There is going to be a lot of extremely net-harmful behavior. 2 Solutions Individual Retaliation The Fantasy Solution: Let’s just teach people to be nice. Government Anarcho-Capitalism Now, what sucks about the first three solutions? The Basic Problem of Government Government officials are selfish. Some government actions harm other people but benefit government officials. Prediction: There is going to be a lot of net-harmful government behavior. Here are four solutions, from the same post: Meta-Government Separation of Powers Constitutions Democracy Let’s think about why each of these are weak solutions. If you would like to have a conversation about these, post one up here.1 The Fundamental Social Problem
The basic problem of government, from my previous post: