...is human capital
And the way to show that is by considering voting as opposed to investing.
Everyone has an opinion, which in a democracy translates into a vote on what groups should govern. But how can voters with their opinions be linked directly to the physical effect of what they vote for?
Voting is nice, but it is cheap, open to manipulation and devoid of responsibility. What if instead of the vote citizens would choose what to invest their life savings in? What would people choose for if it meant increasing or squandering the worth they gather with their labour?
Would you invest in populations that consistently do not learn from past mistakes, practice self-destructing behaviour and cannot guarantee any return-on-investment?
Try to picture the mass changes when evolving from mass democrazy to enforcement of responsibilities.
Imagine the earth-shaking shift from Idealism From a Distance straight into a system where hypocrisy is not possible.
We have plenty of problems to deal with in the real world. The solution is NOT more Idealists.
Realists: these populations are inferior.
Idealists: how dare you say such things! nobody votes the way you think!
Realists: we've just changed the system - now you automatically invest in the policy you vote for, and the fortunes of your savings is linked to the populations you invest in - if this idealism is so fantastic, then you should have no problem investing all of your earnings into our "equals"
Idealists: ...
