It's not exactly black magic, perhaps a rabbithole you should explore if you can stomach realizing how obvious it was in hindsight
I'm interested, I'll take a look.
in reality they are levers on the same machine
companies and state are both the same – they are corporations, no distinction.
Plans are executed over years and decades routinely in the corporate world
Plans don't just play out the way they were written; shit happens to us just like it happens to them. Problems are easier to predict when you're the one in control of the game, but they're still problems. I still believe and see that they're all incompetent; retail corporations seem more successful because advertising is much better applied these days, with people handing over control of their own desires—it's consumerism on steroids.
But they have that control still, don't they?
It's not like they have a switch that just shuts everything down; there are many operators in the way with their own contracts and interests. What keeps the structures going are the operators; dynasties can last a long time, but they fail too.
I always enjoy reading your interactions because you pull me out of the inertia of my usual thoughts; you express your very detailed observations about something grand so well. It's like someone in a dark room with an elephant in a world where nobody knows what an elephant is, and just by touching part of it, you already describe the large, friendly, thick-skinned animal perfectly. We might never know if the description is a perfect match, but you describe what you can touch and observe very well. You'd be a good writer, like Tom Clancy, no offense intended.
I'm interested, I'll take a look.
companies and state are both the same – they are corporations, no distinction.
Plans don't just play out the way they were written; shit happens to us just like it happens to them. Problems are easier to predict when you're the one in control of the game, but they're still problems. I still believe and see that they're all incompetent; retail corporations seem more successful because advertising is much better applied these days, with people handing over control of their own desires—it's consumerism on steroids.
It's not like they have a switch that just shuts everything down; there are many operators in the way with their own contracts and interests. What keeps the structures going are the operators; dynasties can last a long time, but they fail too.
I always enjoy reading your interactions because you pull me out of the inertia of my usual thoughts; you express your very detailed observations about something grand so well. It's like someone in a dark room with an elephant in a world where nobody knows what an elephant is, and just by touching part of it, you already describe the large, friendly, thick-skinned animal perfectly. We might never know if the description is a perfect match, but you describe what you can touch and observe very well. You'd be a good writer, like Tom Clancy, no offense intended.