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> It’s just that until now all autocratic societies were ruled by shitheads https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IX_of_France#Veneration_as_a_saint https://en.w

• kabwj 7y ago
  Sorry, I meant in the last 100 years or so.
• coldtea 7y ago
  Not to mention that almost all democratic societies also end up cyclically ruled by shitheads and selfish out of touch elites (and we're at that point well now).