tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post3135154732422937087..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Talent Creates Conflicts of InterestGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-6888951535184832252017-02-28T13:03:01.882-05:002017-02-28T13:03:01.882-05:00Freehold had an interesting system for leaders in ...Freehold had an interesting system for leaders in a democracy. Give them life long power at the expense of all their wealth. Their wealth becomes public domain or in the hands of other people now, majority rules.<br /><br />Right now people get wealth, popularity, power, and influence. They convert wealth to power and influence to wealth, via pay to play.<br /><br />If humans had to live like a monk and sacrifice their worldly possessions to become a leader, politics would be purer and far more difficult to enter as well. People will figure out a way to game the system, sooner or later, which is why the question of who watches the watchers, becomes critical eventually.<br />Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.com