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.
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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IOW, late stage democracy is stirring up the smaller ruling class to want to smite the outsiders as opposed to early stage democracy which stirs up the masses. Here's the difference:https://twitter.com/WarInstitute/status/1209858874536321025 …
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