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Ineptocracy, Turnbull and productivity

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Saw this on a Tee Shirt.

Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

“Malcolm Turnbull iterates importance of productivity and competitiveness”. I somewhat amused that an individual that has accrued (not produced) a fortune from a parasitic (non productive) activity well in excess of his share of the productive pie would make such an iteration. I had a quick look at what all members’ House of Representatives occupations prior to parliament and found only 14 that had a productive background. Sounds like an Ineptocracy to me!

On the other hand we have the paradox of productive dairy farmers walking off their farms because they are unable to receive sufficient income for their produce from the dominant duopoly run by parasites.

A complex society requires some essential none productive services (e.g. Health, Education, Security, Justice (not law)) to function. We need to question the balance and degree of these activities and the reward (proportion of productivity) a particular activity attracts. While parasite activities attract more reward than productive ones, productivity will continue to decline along with competitiveness
Posted by Producer, Friday, 14 September 2012 11:17:57 PM
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That's life on planet earth down to a tee! Where the parasites live like kings while the producers are burdened with supplying the parasites with their needs. It's going down however, only a few more years until the tables are turned again. History says it so!
Posted by RawMustard, Saturday, 15 September 2012 5:54:30 PM
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That went over raw mustards head but he is of short statue.
We need to get over the hung Parliament blues.
Get finished with rubbishing our own country and its economy and start truly looking to a future that can be much better.
Tax reform, a true look at what can be manufactured here and what can not.
We can look at, or at least should, away governments need not contract our every thing and get the job done better and cheaper.
Endless productivity increase still must by its nature end one day.
Posted by Belly, Sunday, 16 September 2012 6:00:31 AM
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Belly: With all due respect RawMustard has more of a handle on the issue than yourself. It’s nothing to do with a hung parliament, rubbishing the country, what can or can’t be manufactured, the way government functions or endless productivity. It is a global issue as RawMustard correctly observes.

Money has no value without productivity, so why should a parasite receive more than a producer? Why should Turnbull get rich litigating and the dairy farmer goes broke producing milk? Justice needs to cheaper (not subject to wealth), not milk.

The reality is 136 members of the House of Representatives and no doubt the majority of contributors to this forum have a parasitic background. Most active producers don’t have time to run for parliament or contribute on line. The solution is very simple. We have a minimum wage; we also need a maximum wage with the value of the total range not exceeding production.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. - Confucius
Posted by Producer, Sunday, 16 September 2012 8:06:30 AM
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Producer you are correct, but the future you are fearing is the way humans have always organised their societies. Those of us around retirement age were fooled by the few glorious years in which social justice meant egalitarianism and a fair go for everyone. But those years were aberrant blips in the history of human civilization. Always there has been a small ruling class fed and pampered by an impoverished and browbeaten working class, with a group of merchants doing their darndest to become like the rulers-- stomping on everyone in their way.
We're just heading back to normality, at the insistence of our inglorious allies, the USA.
Posted by ybgirp, Monday, 17 September 2012 11:48:54 AM
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I will say that the human reforms and minds changes from time to time in its due course. The history always tends to repeat itself from a larger frame of time than others.
http://www.comvita.com.au
Posted by Megan1, Thursday, 20 September 2012 10:13:56 PM
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