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Competition doesn't address the problem of "the people who are ultimately given power will be the ones who craved it and were willing to do anything to obtain i
by jjoonathan 5y ago
Competition doesn't address the problem of "the people who are ultimately given power will be the ones who craved it and were willing to do anything to obtain it." It exacerbates the problem, if anything.
- gwright 5y agoI think the point is that the power is also decentralized making it harder (not impossible) for those type of people to gain control over others.
- jjoonathan 5y agoRepublicanism still selects for scoundrels. Yes, it pits them against each other and thereby reduces their power -- in theory -- but it still selects for them. It doesn't even claim to be good at keeping them away. It only claims to reduce their power. I don't think it's particularly good at reducing their power either, but these are two orthogonal issues.