But, as I understand it, you're suggesting that they can produce a government which is on average less irrational than themselves without a government. I don't understand what mechanism exists that should make us expect that this is possible.
> Perhaps some sort of regulatory body that, per industry, is charged with prosecuting these types of lawsuits.
At the end of the day, society has to figure out how to appoint these people. This doesn't break out of the problem of people being irrational.
> An FCC governed by communications and data scientists instead of telecommunications lobbyists. An FDA governed by doctors, toxicologists and clinical nutritionists.
A reasonable-sounding idea, but how can you implement it in real life, given that people are irrational?
> Gauss's law predicts that we will never, with a democracy or a republic, have a perfect government. We will, on the other hand, never have a truly deplorable government. We will just have an average government.
I can agree with that, but that's not what's important. What's important (to me) is whether having a government is better than not having a government. Not whether the perfect government is better than not having a government (which, is pretty much the case by definition of "perfect"). Not whether a truly deplorable government is worse than not having a government (which again is the case by definition). But whether the government which we can reasonably expect to have in real life (which is similar to saying "the average government) is better than the government-less society which we can reasonable expect to have in real life.
But, as I understand it, you're suggesting that they can produce a government which is on average less irrational than themselves without a government. I don't understand what mechanism exists that should make us expect that this is possible.
> Perhaps some sort of regulatory body that, per industry, is charged with prosecuting these types of lawsuits.
At the end of the day, society has to figure out how to appoint these people. This doesn't break out of the problem of people being irrational.
> An FCC governed by communications and data scientists instead of telecommunications lobbyists. An FDA governed by doctors, toxicologists and clinical nutritionists.
A reasonable-sounding idea, but how can you implement it in real life, given that people are irrational?
> Gauss's law predicts that we will never, with a democracy or a republic, have a perfect government. We will, on the other hand, never have a truly deplorable government. We will just have an average government.
I can agree with that, but that's not what's important. What's important (to me) is whether having a government is better than not having a government. Not whether the perfect government is better than not having a government (which, is pretty much the case by definition of "perfect"). Not whether a truly deplorable government is worse than not having a government (which again is the case by definition). But whether the government which we can reasonably expect to have in real life (which is similar to saying "the average government) is better than the government-less society which we can reasonable expect to have in real life.