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A safety here is that the self-centric morons can cluster together but in small manageable groups where they can enact no harm on anyone other than themselves.
I'm of the low opinion that most people can't engage in the half of the brain needed for their own self-benefit, because they're simply overwhelmed with the rat race of life. Asking people to change themselves, is asking people to first have time for themselves, and I don't think many have that choice.
As much as I'd love a revolution of the mind to happen organically from below, I'm of the opinion that state socialism + some federalization is probably more likely
Seems reasonable.
Yet, oh, the vast quantities of nickels (or the reader's locale's equivalent) we'd be drowning in for every time reason couldn't foresee some Nth order entropy-friendly effect itching to reproduce into precisely what pulls the rug out from under the best made plans.
It kind of makes sense, though (which is kind of sadly funny, given this is reason appraising itself). How could mere re-presentation take all of re-ality into account, being merely (again) re-presentation, i.e. not Thing Itself?
(The hyphens after "re" were intentional, suggesting perhaps there is no standing-alone-unto-itself/thing-in-itself reality, but that all seeming "is-ness" is (haha) but representation blessed with just enough, um.. blissful ignorance to seemingly "make it so" (yes, a show reference...).)
Anyway, my bowl of franks and beans is nearly depleted even as I re-re-alize the futility of words (i.e. re-presentation, i.e. modeling).
That said, I enjoyed your initial post on the subject, and your followup to mine (heh... initially typed 'mind'...).