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What can we do to re-shape society for the better? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by testman@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If top of the society is immoral psychopaths with power, and most of the society is composed of people with good intentions, then there is not much hope for "beta uprising" until things go way beyond point of recovery, because powerful psychopaths will not let their power get taken away.

Not sure if this is just evolutionary biology, but this cycle of psychopaths at the top has been going on since when, at least ancient Egypt. And in all these thousands of years, the system that enables this cycle got way more reinforced than it got dismantled.

So is it maybe better idea to put benevolent people's energy towards designing and preparing a new societal system that will have built-in mechanisms for preventing corruption and malevolence? "prepare" as in get ready to implement for when the current messed up system is about to grind to a halt and collapse? Well, it would be best to figure out how to go full Benevolent Theseus™ by replacing parts of currently failing system with the corruption-proof ones.

What are some resources related to this topic? Recearch on societal dynamics, designing political systems, examples of similar revolutions that already happened, etc. Post any links that you consider relevant

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[–] kromem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Organize labor.

Evolve labor strikes from the dark ages with guerilla tactics.

In every company I've ever consulted for, there were bottlenecks where a handful of people in key roles not showing up to work would tank the entire operation.

Why the hell are we still striking with everyone walking out instead of everyone clocking in and getting paid and funneling money to keep key roles empty as the coffers burn while revenue drops and payroll still runs?

Why are strikes so often per-company (or worst per-store) instead of per-industry?

In the digital age organization is theoretically much easier than it has ever been.

And yet labor is still playing with the 1920s playbook while corporate is hiring specialized modern talent to combat it.

What about seizing the means of production?

Look at the actors strike, whining about studios using AI to replace them.

Why the hell aren't the actor unions building their own AI platform for generative performances? It'd unquestionably be a better product working with talent than competitors ostracized by talent. Reminds me of when the MPAA fought against Napster instead of embracing the tides of change and as a result missed the boat on owning digital distribution platforms to Apple and others.

But no. People are scared of change and cling to the status quo even when that isn't working very well for them.

Embrace change. Focus on progress. Evolve.

If the masses can do that faster and better than the boardroom (which really shouldn't be that hard as those guys suck at embracing progress and abandoning status quo), then the masses are going to be holding the bag at the end of the changes coming.

If the masses can't organize enough to stay ahead...

Well, we should probably all learn to enjoy eating cardboard and watching the world burn around us.