We can imagine all kinds of things.
Imagination does fuck all in a the face of legislative process and beaurocratic entity which forcefully redistributes wealth for military and public wellbeing.
No matter what system you imagine its going to end up as a big circle of old men pushing pens around and reading at a podium.
If I were forced to pick between the two I’d take the guy who is only a white supremacist when it’s profitable over the guy who is a white supremacist every waking moment.
Call it 1% better, if that.
I guess that’s better but honestly not by much.
See that guy between Bezos and Musk at the Trump inauguration? That’s Sundar Pichai, Alphabet/Google CEO.
To be clear for those unaware, you pay the lower bracket rates for the amounts earned in that bracket and the higher bracket rates for the amounts earned above that bracket.
https://www.irs.gov/filing/federal-income-tax-rates-and-brackets
There have been a number of historic events that had large measurable effects on human intelligience.
Invention of libraries
Invention of public schools
Building of large universities
Invention of leaded anti knocking compounds in fuel
Policies which reduce or limit access to said public education
Covid-19 longterm impact on cognitive ability
Policies which cause intellectuals to flee to other countries
Even if the average persons intellect is in decline, things are getting more complex. Society continues to advance in the long term, equity improves, crime and disease rates go down.
We’re seeing bumps in the trends, not reversals.