argument so far in my paper for the conference on @UF_blog : constitutions are cybernetic controllers on the political sphere...
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Replying to @cyborg_nomade @UF_blog
Going with the 'controller' language, a major failing of constitutional design is an omission of an 'integral' term.
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.. Integral, meaning the ability to correct for the error accumulated over time from the set point..
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..Though often (as in the case of the USA) starting with the correct set-point can give you a lot of runway.
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Replying to @AngloRemnant @UF_blog
constitutional orders are supposed 2 learn over time (ie, covariate with the forces that compose it and its environs)
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I don't find it obvious that "constitutional orders are supposed 2 learn over time."
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Replying to @tonreihe @cyborg_nomade and
That's because it's not obvious that the persistence of this-or-that polity is what matters.
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Current legitimately depends on some expectation of continuity of the entity's existence.
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