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The point is that there is a system, with feedback loops. The point is NOT that the system is somehow immaculate and incapable of drifting into instability. I
by smitty1e 6y ago
The point is that there is a system, with feedback loops.
The point is NOT that the system is somehow immaculate and incapable of drifting into instability.
Indeed, the concentration of power in the hands of the few we see about us is, arguably,
the rejection of representative systems developed in the last several centuries in favor of historical authoritarian approaches.
Sweet, sweet panem et circenses => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses
- bobthechef 6y ago> in favor of historical authoritarian approaches. I don't think history is a linear progression from authoritarianism to representative government.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoIt's more often a progression from authoritarianism to representative government and back to authoritarianism. "Law is what should happen. Politics is what does happen."
- smitty1e 6y agoLaw is very often a reaction to what has happened: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_cases_make_bad_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_cases_make_bad_law
- smitty1e 6y agoA cogent argument. Are you arguing the linearity, or the degree to which any governments in view represent much beyond the whims of the authoritarians?