Me, a beurocrat loyal to the party: Muahaha! Now I’m going to make everyone starve! Hehehehehe!
This is just silly. If you actually look into the causes of historical famines, it wasn’t just some moustache-twirling beurocrat deciding to withhold food out of spite. For instance, in the USSR, wealthy landowners burned grain in response to collectivization, which they would’ve done regardless of who was trying to collectivize the land.
Moreover, this example only focuses on people involved in food production. If you’re saying that the workers in food production should be the ones to decide where the food goes, then guess what, they’re the authority now. Maybe they’ll even decide to hire some beurocrats (oh no!) to figure out distribution so they have more time to focus on their actual jobs. Or maybe they don’t. Either way, if you’re not in a critical industry, you’re at their mercy just as much as you would be in a more centralized system.
Me, a beurocrat loyal to the party: Muahaha! Now I’m going to make everyone starve! Hehehehehe!
This is just silly. If you actually look into the causes of historical famines, it wasn’t just some moustache-twirling beurocrat deciding to withhold food out of spite. For instance, in the USSR, wealthy landowners burned grain in response to collectivization, which they would’ve done regardless of who was trying to collectivize the land.
Moreover, this example only focuses on people involved in food production. If you’re saying that the workers in food production should be the ones to decide where the food goes, then guess what, they’re the authority now. Maybe they’ll even decide to hire some beurocrats (oh no!) to figure out distribution so they have more time to focus on their actual jobs. Or maybe they don’t. Either way, if you’re not in a critical industry, you’re at their mercy just as much as you would be in a more centralized system.