@RodrickSage Asking who benefits from Patriarchy is the same as asking who benefits from capitalism. It all depends on the people. If the men/consumers are few and strong, then they will enforce their individualist will/vote with their wallet and most will benefit.
If however, the men are many and weak, they will bend the knee to the government/oligopolies and the power will shift towards the elites.
Patriarchy and capitalism are no guarantee of anything, they are just necessary foundations.
@RodrickSage @Based_Accelerationist - I'm anticipating the loss of electricity, petro-energy, mass transit, and mass communication. All of that is pretty much guaranteed if 3/4 of men die (which I would also expect).
Nominally, yeah most of the 1/4 of men left, would have to bow to someone - their local warlord, their king, their commune (if they're both lucky and stupid enough to be commie survivors).
But what would that entail, exactly? 🤔
@RodrickSage @Based_Accelerationist - In preindustrial days, govt was very limited, out of necessity and technological limitations. If a king wanted to spy on people, he would have to send someone to do that. He would have to pay them. And he'd have to send a second spy, to spy on the first spy.
There certainly wouldn't be an IRS, or automatic payroll deductions. There wouldn't be fiat currency, and probably no banks.
The result would be, more freedom all around - and more responsibility too.🍻
@RodrickSage @Based_Accelerationist
Worth a watch, if you haven't seen it:
https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs?si=m5DmTAUaQ-7reLYZ
"Rules for Rulers" by CGP Grey.
...about 20 entertaining minutes.
@YoMomz @Based_Accelerationist
it's all about the KEYS!, KEYS!, KEYS!,
@Based_Accelerationist i understand patriarchy is nation, a strong male can kill the weak males, and just take the females, in nature.
the same thing happens when a war slaughter 3/4 of all man, but from that 1/4 who really hold all the power? the .05% will still have to live under the .01% that control the system and the .04% that protect that .01%.