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> But it prevents the certain path to self-destruction. History presents us with far more examples of successful autocracies.

• actionfromafar 1y ago
  What is successful?
  • lurk2 1y ago
    Persistence over time.
    • cjfd 1y ago
      If we manage to blow up the earth and all life ends, a state that 'persists over time' will be created. Is this the ultimate success?
      • lurk2 1y ago
        It would save future generations from having to read inane questions so I don’t think we can rule it out.
  • whatever1 1y ago
    I think a form of governance is successful when it manages to serve the interests of the ones who are outside the establishment circle. A royal family can rule for millennia a kingdom that grows smaller and smaller.
• heresie-dabord 1y ago
  Factually true, but this is like saying that history presents more examples of rotten teeth.
  • lurk2 1y ago
    No it isn’t.
• cco 1y ago
  It does?
  • lurk2 1y ago
    Yes.