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Indeed, such an improvement would have to be insisted upon by the demos. But the res publica has NEVER been a democracy at any point. What we have is a gnarly
by smitty1e 5y ago
Indeed, such an improvement would have to be insisted upon by the demos.
But the res publica has NEVER been a democracy at any point.
What we have is a gnarly attempt to scale from the individual to the group, the singular to the plural, the integer to the list(integer).
Hence my comment: technically savvier people like those who visit this site badly need to give this res publica an enema.
- int_19h 5y agoEngineers of all people should know that scaling is best achieved by distributed systems.
- smitty1e 5y agoIf only there were 50 smaller units of analysis beside the District of Columbia to which to distribute political power! Admittedly, this many years on, it's hard to introduce fresh concepts. The only way for such smaller units of analysis to achieve any gravitas would be to acquire the notoriety of the States. . .
- int_19h 5y agoUS states are too large themselves. For this to work, it needs to start literally at the very bottom - a local assembly on the block / neighborhood. From there, it can be scaled up indefinitely in a multi-layer federation.