I think the monarchy/democracy debate is mostly grounded in an unrealistic formalism. All human societies are oligarchies. The difference between a monarchy and a democracy is not so much who rules, but how the ruling regime is justified and legitimized.https://twitter.com/renaissancezoey/status/1409427339281317888 …
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On a practical level, when choosing what society to live in, I think there are a lot of factors more important than whether the local priests of power invoke the People or the King.
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Let's imagine that, all else equal, monarchy is better. I'd still rather live in a democratic Switzerland than a monarchical Swaziland.
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@CovfefeAnon,@17cShyteposter, you guys always have interesting thoughts on this stuff.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
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I had a thread about this general area. Obfuscated power structures are the worst because they divorce power from responsibility. Comparing Swiss democracy vs Swazi monarchy isn't like to like but democratic states can screw up their demographics, too.https://twitter.com/CovfefeAnon/status/1356021082394927104 …
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Oh, cool thread! To clarify, I get that Swiss-to-Swazi comparison isn't like to like. My point is that the other ways in which they're un-alike are more important than the monarchy/democracy distinction, making the latter a bit of a "who cares?" IMO.
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Can you clarify for me the distinction between Axis 2 (hidden/open) and 3 (formal/informal)? What would an open informal or a hidden formal society look like?
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Hidden formal is something like the cosa nostra - a structure known to insiders that is intended to be opaque to outsiders. Open informal is interesting - if our system was more open it would be that - "someone from NYT tells you your company is bad, you obey"
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When NYT threatened Coinbase with a hit piece and then the journalist class was *outraged* that Coinbase didn't cooperate that was semi-open informal power. Would have been open if they were able to say why they were outraged.
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