Message from @Deleted User 57835c2c
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MOST OF WHOM WERE WEALTHY ANYWAY
REMEMBER THAT SOCRATES ARGUED FOR MONEY AND PLATO WAS A UNIVERSITY TEACHER
SO THEY WERE EMPLOYED
DITTO ARISTOTLE
Sokrates was a bum though
My argument is simply this
NOTICE THE FIRST PAGES OF THE REPUBLIC
WHEN THEY ARE ARGUING OVER
What we reward and encourage, we will see more of. The free market does not always reward what's best
HIS FEE
THIS IS WHY WE NEED A CASTE SYSTEM
THE FREE MARKET REWARDS WHAT THE AUDIENCE WANTS
SO WE NEED A DISCERNING AUDIENCE
As long as it isn't purely hereditary, I'm fine with that
Different people will fulfill different functions in society
THAT IS WHAT A HEREDITARY SYSTEM DOES
I WOULD MAKE IT HEREDITARY ENTIRELY
PRESERVE TRAITS, NOT EXTINGUISH THEM
BUT EVEN IN THAT
Exceptional people are sometimes the children of unexceptional parents
PEOPLE CAN GRADUALLY MOVE CASTE OVER GENERATIONS
@Deleted User 57835c2c supporting a world class genius is not welfare. That is not even remotely comparable.
Are you going to waste that just because of his parents?
@Hagel NOT AT RANDOM. CHECK THE GRANDPARENTS.
ALSO, SEE THE GRANT SYSTEM
YOU CAN REWARD THEM FOR SPECIFIC ACTS
And sometimes, great parents get unlucky and have a shit kid
AND EMPLOY THEM AS STEWARDS
do not be fixated on the acts
reward the character
Just not as often
THERE ARE WAYS OF DEALING WITH SHIT KIDS
Do you want that shit kid to have the power to rule?
AGAIN: 20%
Or do you want to move him to a new caste?
THIS IS WHY ARISTOCRACY IS A MESH, NOT LINEAR
NO, YOU DECLARE HIM INSANE AND FARM HIM OUT TO THE COUNTRY
AS WAS DONE
@redpillavatar I AGREE AND WISH WE HAD THE REAL GRANT SYSTEM
it's like a salary, you don't pay them to specifically sit at the computer and do a certain task, those are wage people, you pay a salary to people who can nonspecifically aid the company. Your grant idea would mean taking that even farther, supporting people who can nonspecifically aid society