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I heard rumblings about some sort of system where power is shared equally across three branches of government with checks and balances to ensure one branch does
by UncleEntity 2y ago
I heard rumblings about some sort of system where power is shared equally across three branches of government with checks and balances to ensure one branch doesn't go rogue and just do whatever they want.
Forget what they called it, united something or other.
- int_19h 2y agoWell, the people who designed that system were very skeptical of political parties in general, and thought they could be avoided. Turns out that this isn't true, and once you have parties, they can in fact capture all three branches of government, and then those "checks and balances" kinda stop working.
- UncleEntity 2y agoYeah, I think that is unfortunately the fate of all political systems. Maybe our AI overlords will do a better job this time if they are unconstrained from any lawful oversight. I mean, one can hope...
- kelseyfrog 2y agoIn fact, that's not too far away from our current trajectory. Algorithmically enforced sovereign oversight is part of the patchwork state and Yarvinism specifically.
- slt2021 2y agowhatever you had in mind, thats definitely not the USA, where money/lobbying and inter-partisan corruption trump everything