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3 Rules for Rulers
- zokier 10y agoI'd point out that this video is basically "The Dictator's Handbook" in a nutshell video form. And that book is far from universally accepted, so while the video is presented in a very assertive tone you might want to take it with a grain of salt.
- fatdog 10y agoIt's actually very widely accepted, and his methods are used in the intelligence community for political forecasting. It threatens a lot of conventional beliefs, but they are conventional mainly because, as shown, people are sheep. This is probably the most dangerous video ever produced.
- marcoperaza 10y agoIt seems that the key lesson is that to minimize the horrible nature of human politics: have less government and more poles of power within it. This is the design goal of the US Constitution, from the federal nature of the system to the gridlock-by-design of the central government.
- kilotaras 10y ago> more poles of power Yet two-party system is opposite of that.
- marcoperaza 10y agoI meant between the actual institutions of government, but you raise a good point. I think that proportional representation is worse. Let's say you have the following election split: 45% Conservative, 45% Socialist, 10% Green. In such a scenario, the Green Party becomes king-maker and wields enormous power nearly equal to whoever it chooses as coalition partner and highly disproportionate to its tiny share of the vote.
- spectrum1234 10y agoThis is brilliant.
- vminkov 10y agoAI and data are the new oil, so beware folks - when the peasant workers are no more needed, you may want to watch out for the dictators trying to take over the ship.