Economic and Governmental Structures
part 1. economic structures socialism is an economic structure correlative with capitalism and a nation's economic structure is dependent on which one of three conflicting features should give: fairness, freedom, equality. For instance: if a nation is fair, people who work harder can accrue more money. if it is free, then people will give their money to their kids. but then it cannot be equal, for some people will inherit money they didn't earn. These three features need not only apply to money or homogeneously to the entire nation. part 2. governmental structures Governments lie on a spectrum colored by the three dimensions of politics described in The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Alastair Smith; with democracy and dictatorship residing at the edges. the dimensions of politics are: 1. the interchangeables or nominal selectorate: composed of everyone in the nation who can vote. 2. the influentials or the real selectorate: composed of everyone in the ...