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> we will have eternal dictatorships I can't agree. We can have eternal dictatorship now. Nothing prevents it except other people, therefore people will preven
by deely3 3y ago
> we will have eternal dictatorships
I can't agree. We can have eternal dictatorship now. Nothing prevents it except other people, therefore people will prevent eternal dictatorship just as now (with various results).
Anyway, Im ready to accept this risk.
- SanderNL 3y agoWe cannot have them though? The leaders die and the resulting fights over succession is what keeps us out of eternal territory. These maniacs didn’t have enough time to accrue enough mass to become power black holes, but give them a century or two to work with..
- coderenegade 3y agoNah, the fact that even emperors die is a good thing. No dynasty lasts forever, because after the first few generations, assets get diluted, someone spends the money, descendants fight, etc. An aristocracy that lives forever would be very hard to remove because those factors would be greatly mitigated.
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- ETH_start 3y agoImmortal emperors may produce shorter-lived dynasties, as it means no changing of the guard to provide the dynasty with fresh blood. Rulers, set in their ways, will take a government down an increasingly non-viable path.