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> The direction is monodirectional. Eighty six proposals can fail, but ... This kind of thing is true in every domain of legislation and regulation. Indeed wh
by adrianratnapala 9y ago
> The direction is monodirectional. Eighty six proposals can fail, but ...
This kind of thing is true in every domain of legislation and regulation. Indeed wherever officials have wielded power since the before the building of Babylon. And yet the world has not, in the large scale, been on a march towards ever more tyranny. How is that?
I don't fully understand the process by which freedom has increased in most countries through history but it does exist. So it makes sense for people of good will to think, and discuss and act so as to help it along.
- nezzle 9y agoFreedom exists because, for a while anyway, freedom was more effective at increasing the wealth and power of nations. This video has a great outline: http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/rules-for-rulers http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/rules-for-rulers
- dalbasal 9y agoI’m not trying to have a discussion about “Freedom or Tyranny” in the abstract, or thousand year trends. I’m not sure those words even mean anything.