Oddbean new post about login | logout The standards are worse than just low, they’re intentionally not high. They specifically avoid hiring high-IQ applicants. They want people who follow orders, not people with a conscience and a spine. The system isn’t broken, it’s functioning as intended.
Intended by whom? That's exactly my point. WE don't have to accept it. Hopelessness and unwillingness to demand change definitely isn't going to fix anything. I think the average American voter is what's broken. You can't let bad philosophy and low standards run rampant and then take none of the blame. We are the system.
Democracy is the bad philosophy. I’m not hopeless at all, unless we’re talking only my lifetime here. I am working to make things better. Tomorrow it may pay off a little bit. Generations from now, it may pay off much more. Ultimately, Christ will reign and the former things will no longer even come to mind. And that’s my ultimate hope even if all my other hopes don’t pay off at all.