"The Tree of Liberty will get its manure..." [Was Re:]

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 08:30:55PM -0700, Razer wrote:
> On 09/21/2016 08:15 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:
> >Since Greed is about power, a political revolution has little if
> anything to do with ideology,
> 
> There's an ideological difference between communism and capitalism.
> 
> Ideally communism should mean the elimination of greed as a driving
> force in a society. Including greed for power.

You cannot eliminate human nature.

Greed and lust for power are tendencies of human nature.

But perhaps it is possible to commoditize politics, rather than have
politics be a tool for the wealthy and powerful?

(How? Good question - time to hack concepts.)