You could really stop speeding by limiting the car's max speed based on GPS location, yet this means reducing the speeding fines revenue to a net zero.
The systems we instate adapt based on human evolution. We began living in small groups, then tribes, alliances, principates, republics, nation states, mega states. It is hard to believe we've reached the pentacle of governance systems. All participants are impacted to a certain degree, be it positively or negatively, by change. Digesting the current state of the world leads me to be believe a system change may be around the corner.
First principles, everything is in a continuous state of decay. Every living or non-living being, every system, institution or organisation by-product of a living being. What goes up must come down. Institutions start out with noble goals for society. As they grow and amass power, their values tend shift inwards, creating a fertile ground for hubris, nepotism driven incompetence, corruption and disconnect. Most often then not, given a long enough time span, they crumble over their own incompetence and lack of accountability to the environment around them.
Using the programming analogy, it's not as much of a rewrite as it is a major version upgrade (i.e. from 1.x to 2.x) we need.
Keeping your assets is important. Creating opportunities to gather new assets is also important. We are in need of a vision that brings prosperity and purpose for all of us.
Observing the gluttonous initiatives of outdated institutions to swindle our rights, freedoms and assets is hardly ever inspiring. Things change with time.
Entirely the point I am making, albeit indirectly. The majority of rules and regulations nowadays are aimed at more and more control over the people at little to no benefit to them. People get angry and protest such measures. Rinse and repeat, for at least the last decade or two. It’s repetitive and pointless. When does it become clear the once great system which brought us growth and prosperity is no longer fit for purpose? At what point people realise we need to shed the old system and its top crème de la crème in favour of a new one?
We need new leaders capable of creating a vision for our future to inspire 8+ BLN people and to put in place the means to get us there.
Let them have it. Complete and absolute control over all citizens. Nothing more, nothing less. Then what? They will finally realise absolute power is an empty pursuit that brings nothing but misery for both the masses and the so called elites.
False leaders have no place leading anyone as they lead through fear and insecurity. Their lack of trust cemented in incompetence, arrogance and hubris leads to a neurotic chase for absolute and utter control over everything and everybody. How empty that path must be... and deemed for nothing but failure.
True leaders inspire through visions for the future and they will eventually rise to lead. A true leader inspires action and trust, unity and purpose. True leaders are instinctually acknowledged by everyone, are accountable to everyone and value responsibility over personal power. Maturity, good character and wisdom is naturally part of their character.
Hardly anything resembling a true leader can be observed in the current political space... and that speaks volumes to the state of our society.
Here comes the change, unexpected and imminent, to sweep away all falsities and reveal the truth.
Homes should be afforded by and owned by families. Corporations have no business owning family homes. The fact this is even a thing shows how broken the system actually is.
Substack is easy (and free) to set up. You have the option to turn on subscriptions and monetise your content via Stripe.
Ghost gives you more flexibility / personalisation. You'll need some web coding/hosting skills or you can subscribe to one of their plans (starts at $9/mo).
It's uncertain how Figma will change as an Adobe product. It's wise to have a few alternatives ready just in case.
Sketch remains one of the top UI design apps. I remember when I switched the first time from Photoshop to Sketch. Saved me tons of time and I easily 2-3x my design process.
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It looks more like a self-created problem. The tax code is unnecessarily complex and this creates confusion for most citizens, including the IRS itself.
Simplifying the tax code would solve a lot of these headaches plus remove the EITC errors/fraud cost of $10bn-20bn a year.
A simple and reasonable one-liner tax code can be something like: "all businesses and citizens pay 10% of their monthly revenue to fund a small efficient government and social institutions (education, health, firefighters, police, etc)."
Why not go for 1000 years mortgages or more? Serious question. Don’t stop going up in years until the monthly instalments are fractions of a cent. What could go wrong?
Most of the houses listed on the Dutch real estate market sell for +€60K-€100K OVER the asking price. It's insane!
Most people (teachers, nurses, etc) are on €35K-45K or less gross annual salary. Cut out ~50% taxes/healthcare and living expenses and calculate how many people can afford a €500K two-bedroom apartment from '72 near Amsterdam.
Also, be prepared to drop another €20K on middlemen, notaries and tax to finalize the home purchase.