Ask HN: What do we do when our leaders are corrupt?

Post by johnnybgoode » Wed, May 13, 2009, 11:03 PM UTC

Post by johnnybgoode » Wed, May 13, 2009, 11:52 PM UTC

noonespecial wrote: post #3

Accept that for any value of political power y, there will be some corruption x. Solve for the minimum of x. Don't get fooled by local minimums.

Post by johnnybgoode » Thu, May 14, 2009, 12:09 AM UTC

noonespecial wrote: post #5

johnnybgoode wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about y = 0?

Yeah. I had been thinking of that. There should probably be a third term Z that has some sort of inverse proportionality relationship to y that represents cartels/warlords/etc that fill the power vacuum of a very low y situation. This would also cause x to be very high. (eg: Somalia)

Post by johnnybgoode » Thu, May 14, 2009, 12:43 AM UTC

noonespecial wrote: post #7

johnnybgoode wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think I would distinguish between z and y. In other words, a high z is the same as a high y, and of course either one causes a high x.

Or -y is what happens when you don't have any y and so its an absolute value of y modified by some vector function v as to which sections of public life y (or the absolute value thereof) extends into... For some metaphor m that is extended beyond a limit l, it becomes increasingly r, ridiculous. :)