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.
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Democracy is usually superior to military dictatorships because people have more faith in it, and therefore it can be less responsive to public opinion than a dictator must be. However a long-established one-party state like China can inspire more faith and so can govern better.
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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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Covfefe Anon Retweeted Modern War Institute
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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