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Many of the factors and changes in society that are making democracy dumber is also making autocrats dumber and less effective. America has alot of dumb people
by Spooky23 4y ago
Many of the factors and changes in society that are making democracy dumber is also making autocrats dumber and less effective.
America has alot of dumb people are are getting systematically dumber. But the smart people are really really productive and keep the rest of the place bumbling along. Most of these authoritarian states lack that.
- bobthepanda 4y agoAlso, democratic systems have mechanisms for getting rid of truly ineffective people in a relatively reliable and predictable fashion. Authoritarian regimes have a hard time replacing the top without chaos, and the replacements are also often not vetted to be better.
- midoridensha 4y agoFor a while, it seemed like China's one-party state promised to have the best of both worlds, with a single party and lack of general elections to avoid the problems with in-fighting between parties and the voters making stupid choices, and the general inefficiency of democratic systems, while having a party (with many thousands of members) in charge rather than a single person so the party can replace the top leadership when necessary. In practice, however, it doesn't seem to be working out as promised, with Xi turning into a dictator.
- edgyquant 4y ago>merica has alot of dumb people are are getting systematically dumber Is there evidence of this? Anecdotally at least even dumb people are a lot more knowledgeable than they were two generations ago.
- avgcorrection 4y agoThe nice thing about being a (professed) smart cynic is that you don’t have to bring any sources to the table. The more cynical and the more “everyone is stupid (but me)”, the less you have to substantiate your claims.