Claude Badley
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I wrote "...we have to look beyond the West to principles that work - the infinite universe of Chinese philosophy, the Mandarinal testing system and an elective caste system (derived from the Indian prototype) which pays workers more for distasteful jobs (abattoir, sewer and garbage workers) are what future Fuehrers require, not rule by the rabble...
I.e. there will still be capitalism (taxed primarily according to Georgist rules) but these will not be financier capitalists speculating on land, but will rather be doing the economic organization and working hard for their profits - and paying for the privilege of using land and scarce resources. They are the Vaisya caste in the system - which is why the Jews became the de facto Vaisya caste in southern India.
Of course there are some people, anyone from lower caste worker to disgrunted ex-financial elitist hankering for those Ghizly old days, who will always want to overthrow the system. They shouldn't be suppressed at the bud - as the Communists did, fearing international capitalist subversion; rather, they should be indulged merely to show how silly they are. However there is an intermediate period of setting up the new system before such a position and such people can be indulged. Needless to say, Communism never reached this stage - and couldn't either.
After all, when the George Floyd Antifa-led riots asked not for the specific identification and trial of the police officers involved, but for the defunding of the whole police force - all this backed by the George Soros foundation, is it not obvious - without having to invoke Joe - that there is a nefarious agenda behind it? Read Soros's 'Fallibility' - I had his book somewhere but cannot find it at present; he loves his Big Al non-Capone!
Yours faithfully
Claude
That's correct, Jerry - they maintain their wages too, by being able to see what others get and by noting their privileges compared to others. Hence for the unskilled or lower skilled workers they could migrate from one job to another when comparing pay scales, time off and geographically varied tax rates. Their potential anger will be entirely assuaged by knowing that they will not be prejudged by their ethnic origin and that their children if they so choose individually, may end up becoming part of the topmost elite - a non-financier elite - governing this type of society.This is one of the more intriguing proposals from Claude's many posts. "Elective" means that workers would opt into their low caste position, rather than having it thrust upon them? So, workers who sign up for the extra pay would be giving up their political rights, whatever they might be? I can see that some people might find this appealing. Not only would the extra money be a major boost in itself, but also there would no longer be any point in watching pundits on TV, or debating with friends and family on Facebook. No need to waste money on MAGA hats. And, political campaigns would save money since they no longer would have to pay for mass media, but could concentrate their efforts on reaching out to the decision making class.
This is why we have unions already - but under the new system, the unions (and hopefully everybody else) will be constantly pushing for full employment with decent wages, and know for themselves that they have to organize this for their own members and for the wider unskilled worker masses.If a lower caste worker becomes unhappy with his or her situation in life, and comes to believe that the Baddist system needs to be abolished and the Leader should be deposed: then, he or she could opt out of the system and resume full political rights, and would be free also to seek some lower-paying intellectual job, such as to become a librarian? Would professional political agitator positions be available?
I.e. there will still be capitalism (taxed primarily according to Georgist rules) but these will not be financier capitalists speculating on land, but will rather be doing the economic organization and working hard for their profits - and paying for the privilege of using land and scarce resources. They are the Vaisya caste in the system - which is why the Jews became the de facto Vaisya caste in southern India.
Of course there are some people, anyone from lower caste worker to disgrunted ex-financial elitist hankering for those Ghizly old days, who will always want to overthrow the system. They shouldn't be suppressed at the bud - as the Communists did, fearing international capitalist subversion; rather, they should be indulged merely to show how silly they are. However there is an intermediate period of setting up the new system before such a position and such people can be indulged. Needless to say, Communism never reached this stage - and couldn't either.
For those in the lower parts of the bureaucracy their pay (for an average workday) would be lower than sewage workers, hence the sewage workers would know this and not feel too bad about it. In fact there will no doubt be migration between jobs, where people find the job that fits them best. Managing and repairing robots will certainly be one of these! The upper administration (a bureaucracy is a self-serving administration, like an institution is a self-serving organization - as Carroll Quigley will tell you) will get a bit more than sewer workers, but their task will often be hard as they have to deal with emergencies - fires, floods, disease etc. Generally there will be older people in upper administration, largely to avoid the sexual conflicts that otherwise mark the higher echelons so deeply (don't they Ghizly!?)In the Mandarin system, this examination was to select civil servants for positions in the government bureaucracy. In the Baddist regime, would these meritorious individuals have any actual political power, or would they be mere functionaries and rubber stamps? How would the pay grade compare to the low caste sewage workers?
Taking power will always be a coup in somebody's eyes - but the obvious answer here is that people will see that this is a viable alternative. After all, your excellent reply shows this, despite your perverse love for Big Al non-Capone.So how is this Baddite leader supposed to get into power? A Baddist coup?
After all, when the George Floyd Antifa-led riots asked not for the specific identification and trial of the police officers involved, but for the defunding of the whole police force - all this backed by the George Soros foundation, is it not obvious - without having to invoke Joe - that there is a nefarious agenda behind it? Read Soros's 'Fallibility' - I had his book somewhere but cannot find it at present; he loves his Big Al non-Capone!
Yours faithfully
Claude