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Or how about overthrow a King and install a democracy? The game theory is that it is likely that most of the time successful Revolutions are backed by powerful
by mrangle 3y ago
Or how about overthrow a King and install a democracy?
The game theory is that it is likely that most of the time successful Revolutions are backed by powerful opposing States or quasi-States. Any others get squashed, but likely most often don't get off of the ground to begin with.
- analog31 3y agoPerhaps a more interesting study is just to look at things more incrementally. For instance is a slightly more heavily armed population likely to enjoy slightly more rights, or fewer? Should I be optimistic about my rights if I move to a more heavily armed state or region?
- mrangle 3y agoThat would be interesting. I think you'd have trouble finding enough incrementalism to provide meaningful data. But a place to start might be in European nations that only allow hunting guns.
- analog31 3y agoIndeed, and I think you could get more data by counting countries that "allow" guns by default, simply by being incapable of regulating them.