I'm not playing games with @RalstonReports . "People should have faith in government" really is my central political position. Divine-Right Monarchy is just one way of having that; I'm always willing to consider alternatives.
In the short run the direction that democracy goes in ignoring popular opinion in healthy - we've moved away from militaristic nationalism that ends up in wars due to miscalculation. Unfortunately, we're in the long run and popular will is more sane than the democratic structure
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I'm not sure democracies are less warlike than dictatorships. The benefits are in slightly less intense internal conflict for spoils. What we are seeing today is a previously partly tamed democracy getting loose, which is damaging.
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I don't think they're less warlike; just that they have a simple failure mode for gaining popularity / legitimacy - which is to stir up hostility against outsiders. Late stage democracy is demonstrably warlike because it's held together via religion and will go on crusades.
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