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Autocracies are inherently unstable and dangerous in this regard. They have every incentive to be irrational and unwilling to negotiate. They call it “sovereign
by atemerev 2y ago
Autocracies are inherently unstable and dangerous in this regard. They have every incentive to be irrational and unwilling to negotiate. They call it “sovereignty”, which it isn’t — just a sparkling dictatorship.
Autocracies have no place in the modern world.
- z3phyr 2y agoAnd yet autocracies are historically the most "successful" types of governments. Humans always and eventually end up selecting autocracies with thunderous applause.
- atemerev 2y agoHistory is young, there’s too little data to go for meaningful conclusions yet, particularly post-industrial revolution. But yes, I agree, autocracy is a natural state of affairs. Democracy is a miracle to keep.
- z3phyr 2y agoThere is not much difference in the capability of human experience. I bet a baby born in 494AD, teleported to the modern period and raised by modern humans will be indistinguishable in capability to every other human being.