The only freedom will be found in the Butlerian Jihad.
I wonder how many of these dudes have lung cancer now and how much their lifespan is
Also, how many of their kids are gonna die before reaching adulthood or end up child prostitutes or be malnourished due to child labor not being rendered moot and unnecessarily stupidly cruel by the presence of higher technologies
And you think further atomising society will make things better? No, you will just complete the destruction your proposal claims to address, like all Pit ideas drive us further to destruction.
Well, when you look at it this way, Governments are almost considered Gods or Messiahs
They will NEVER be corrupt or incapable of handling the big weight or lots of things to administrate with zero problem, people would rather trust a concept than they would, other people, to be smart and pragmatic
"In contrast to Confucius’
li-based theory, the Legalism advocates the utilization of codified laws and harsh punishment to achieve social order. This is due to the legalists’ belief that all human beings are born evil and self-interested. Therefore, if left unrestrained, people would engage in selfish behavior which will undoubtedly lead to social unrest. To cure this defect and force people to behave morally, the only way, believed the legalists, is to publicly promulgate clearly written laws and impose harsh punishments.
Realizing that the abilities of rulers are often limited and that reliance on the ruler’s ability and judgment often leads to adverse results, the legalists designed a system in which the law is run by the state, not the ruler. This ensures that the laws will be applied impartially without the interference of personal bias of the ruler or ones who are responsible for applying the laws. It also makes it irrelevant whether the ruler has superior abilities. This non-action promoted by the legalists is their understanding of the concept of
wuwei, which is different from the Confucians’ understanding of the same concept."
en.wikipedia.org
Small problem though, who Watches The Watchmen, and who watches that guy doing the watching so on and so forth
Because the Watchmen can be bribed, can be corrupt, can be insane, can be incompetent, can be unquestioned, can have cliques, can keep their corruption secret etc
Frankly, if humans can't be trusted to be pragmatic through the concepts of Enlightened Self-Interest and Pragmatic Villainy in order to temper that selfishness as the alternative carrot, I know what will
If you want a highly centralised government that is responsible for lots of stuff, you need it to be ran by a Super-AI with the firepower to destroy any possible threat to the order it envisions
Tell me you don't think VICKI would be a great absolute leader
