contrary

On the Other Hand

I've regularly been arguing that effective, popular governance requires that the citizenry and the government can communicate back and forth, and that therefore one langauge, or a set of shared languages, is required.

However, is the goal really to have "effective governance?" Is that always going to be in sympathy with the best possible result for humans on Earth?

I'm reminded of the Laffer Curve, which neatly points out, with two almost true premises, that there is a point of maximum revenue by taxation between zero and one hundred percent tax rates. But is the goal to maximize revenue, to get the most possible out of the citizenry?