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So let’s get this straight — rich, educated guys — all from countries where having a super developed functional government was key to their ability to have something to generate capital off of — want to take their riches (along with future capitals riches) and run for the hills... giving back... what? Nothing? And where to take to? Places that don’t have a developed, functional government, with uneducated and impoverished populations. Places that don’t have a labor force suited for sophisticated multi-nationals that want a tax haven despite promises that somehow the impoverished will he marginally better.

All this libertarian nonsense coming from the wealthy has gotten to the point where no longer do people understand the lives dedicated to making theirs possible has indeed been a key factor in their own personal success.

We need more civic-minded leadership across the population, not less. The greed is just excessive.

The riches already gave back, because they got rich making things people want.

>We need more civic-minded leadership across the population, not less. The greed is just excessive.

This is the wishful thinking that statists will always use. the state will be fine if only people would be better. Well people are not better and never will be, so we need a system whereby we do not grant people, who will never be better, power over their fellow men.

It is perfectly possible to have a "super developed functional government" which doesn't forcefully claims a percentage of its citizens incomes.

There is another thread on this:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21866017

I feel like humans have been trying to achieve some variation of this "utopia" for so long. I like to think it could work (in theory). But seeing so much failure due to greed, hubris, naiveté, etc. Makes me doubt it can work

I'll believe in utopia when four friends can sit down and choose more than 1 pizza topping while remaining friends..

(Only partially kidding)

Fundamentally, we all have different goals, priorities, values, ethics, abilities, skills, and preferences. Trying to come up with one situation to address all of them to some level of satisfaction seems impossible at best and.. well.. what's less possible than impossible?

It can’t work because all utopias assume the world is full of people exactly like the founder.

All naive utopias do.

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