I think this video from CGP Grey outlines some of the problems inherent in leading a state. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs https://www.youtube.com

I think this video from CGP Grey outlines some of the problems inherent in leading a state. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs And then this essay details some game theory level issues of group dynamics in an iterative world: https://www.wired.com/2004/10/new-tack-wins-prisoners-dilemma/ https://www.wired.com/2004/10/new-tack-wins-prisoners-dilemm... In the end I think the best we can reasonable wish for, anywhere, is non-demented. Everything else is up to entropy, the whims of organized crime, and the pressures of evolution and information.