• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    17 hours ago

    Funny, because it taught me that that task in reality is impossible, given real nations can’t load an old save file to fix their fuck ups in a simulation far, far simpler than reality.

    Of course you could certainly argue that one person wouldn’t be in charge of doing literally everything.

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      10 hours ago

      I understand your take but it is not really hard to grab the basic mechanics and make a thriving city in any game.

      The basic mechanics are universal.

      What throws off the managing part is “enemies”, “natural disasters” and other excitment mechanics.

      A managed economy could happen and would be highly efficient, especially because running a nation is a collective endeavour. Individuals fail but groups have memory.

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        7 hours ago

        A managed economy could happen and would be highly efficient, especially because running a nation is a collective endeavour. Individuals fail but groups have memory.

        Yeah. Imagine how prosperous the United States would be if the current administration was running it as a managed economy.

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          7 hours ago

          Imagine if any country could manage itself, by thinking ahead and admiting bad actors could arise, thus preparing in advance for it.

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            5 hours ago

            The United States was preparing in advance for bad actors like Trump since 1787 and it didn’t fucking help.

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              5 hours ago

              No it wasn’t and it never did.

              The constitution itself allows for a very small group of individuals to control the entire country, from the first moment it was written.

              It was never truly reviewed to allow a proper redistribution of voting power throughout all the states and it still allows for indirect election of the most powerful state figure, where it should instead by directly elected by popular vote.

              The gerrymandering, the filibusting, two chambers system, common law system, etc.

              The american government was never created to be a proper one; it was an emulation of the english system but even more botched.

              The document itself should have been thrown in the trash and a new one written, the moment the civil war broke. And again it should had been trashed when the market crash happened.

              There is only so much an ammendement can do.

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      14 hours ago

      with the resources of a real command economy, you could find the best player in the nation and put them at the wheel