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0 sats \ 13 replies \ @nullcount 11 Mar \ parent \ on: The State of Democracy Around the World charts_and_numbers
Benevolent dictators are pretty great!
Democracy doesn't really exist, every state is always "rule of the elite", no matter what system of gov they pretend to have. The system of gov just helps define what constitutes "an elite person" worthy of rule.
In a popularity contest (democracy) the "elite" is often the person who promises the most "free stuff".
In a corporate hierarchy, the elite tend to be those who have the greatest stake in the company.
Democracies also weigh heavy on the citizens. Think how much time/energy/and thought regular people put into politics.
Many would be much better off using that energy to improve their own lives thru engaging in commerce. Instead, people in democracies feel the need to "stay informed" even tho their influence is so small its irrelevant.
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Democracy isn’t perfect, but I don’t know a better political system. Do you?
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A dictatatorship where you are the dictator (soverign) or at least you agree with everything the dictator does.
That's a better system.
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Does it exist or has it been tested somewhere? It's not sarcasm!
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Corporations
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I doubt it will work on a country scale!
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Many corporations have more employees and/or customers than some countries have citizens
But i agree on the point of scale. Large nation states are unnatural, its why empires always collapse in a debt fueled inferno.