Unfortunately, the older a human mind gets, the less able it is to reject old value systems and embrace new perspectives.
Nonsense, you're biasedly accusing the old people of rigidity. "New vs old" and "progressive vs conservative" are false dichotomies. Not all innovations and visions are sound or offer anything we should celebrate.
What we in actuality need is competent leadership who can see to the core of the issue and act accordingly for the sake of better society.
What matters is what works. The general rule is that the same ideas that established the civilization should serve well distant future, as human mentality isn't subject to sudden changes.
Anyone can reasonably agree that the original US Constitution is not only a fine piece of law but also the spiritual cornerstone of the society upon which it should expand. Currently our society isn't working, which certainly isn't a surprise, since we're constantly "progressing" away from that vital cornerstone.
The many ill-thought laws with significant bias for the benefit of industry and commerce is not a result of rigidity and conservatism, but the very contrary political forces which continually take more distance to the core of the Constitution.
What matters is what works. The spirit of Constitution demands that well-meaning and competent people are in charge. We need better leadership to fix this issue, as well as many others.
Your rhetoric is correct. What interest does a society serve, that of commerce or that of the people?
Obviously the answer should be the interest of the people, but if anyone hasn't already figured it out, it just isn't the case, since our societies are driven by the interest of wealthy lobbies.
Question of high relevance: How can we change this?
What an excellent analysis, and history agrees with it; all centralized bureacracies tend to become bloated, ineffective and self-serving.
But isn't it the case with all models of centralized hierarchy? Despite all the efforts of the democratic systems to promote transparency, the parasitical cliques will take over and bury the old ideals which actually served the society.
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Nonsense, you're biasedly accusing the old people of rigidity. "New vs old" and "progressive vs conservative" are false dichotomies. Not all innovations and visions are sound or offer anything we should celebrate.
What we in actuality need is competent leadership who can see to the core of the issue and act accordingly for the sake of better society.
What matters is what works. The general rule is that the same ideas that established the civilization should serve well distant future, as human mentality isn't subject to sudden changes.
Anyone can reasonably agree that the original US Constitution is not only a fine piece of law but also the spiritual cornerstone of the society upon which it should expand. Currently our society isn't working, which certainly isn't a surprise, since we're constantly "progressing" away from that vital cornerstone.
The many ill-thought laws with significant bias for the benefit of industry and commerce is not a result of rigidity and conservatism, but the very contrary political forces which continually take more distance to the core of the Constitution.
What matters is what works. The spirit of Constitution demands that well-meaning and competent people are in charge. We need better leadership to fix this issue, as well as many others.
Your rhetoric is correct. What interest does a society serve, that of commerce or that of the people?
Obviously the answer should be the interest of the people, but if anyone hasn't already figured it out, it just isn't the case, since our societies are driven by the interest of wealthy lobbies.
Question of high relevance: How can we change this?
What an excellent analysis, and history agrees with it; all centralized bureacracies tend to become bloated, ineffective and self-serving.
But isn't it the case with all models of centralized hierarchy? Despite all the efforts of the democratic systems to promote transparency, the parasitical cliques will take over and bury the old ideals which actually served the society.