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Not to be confused with 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan. 54th Clause of the Magna Carta absolutist. Commentary from an NRx perspective.

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    1. Parasociality‏ @parasociality Jun 28

      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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    2. Parasociality‏ @parasociality Jun 28

      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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    3. Parasociality‏ @parasociality Jun 28

      @CovfefeAnon, @17cShyteposter, you guys always have interesting thoughts on this stuff.

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    4. Covfefe Anon‏ @CovfefeAnon Jun 28
      Replying to @parasociality @17cShyteposter

      Covfefe Anon Retweeted Covfefe Anon

      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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      Covfefe Anon @CovfefeAnon
      Proposal: 4 axis model for classifying regimes for analyzing / predicting them. Axis 1: Power holders - Single, Group, Mass Axis 2: Power openness - Hidden, Open Axis 3: Formality - Formal, Informal Axis 4: Ruling cohesion basis - Priest, Warrior, Merchant
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    5. Parasociality‏ @parasociality Jun 28
      Replying to @CovfefeAnon @17cShyteposter

      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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    6. Parasociality‏ @parasociality Jun 28
      Replying to @parasociality @CovfefeAnon @17cShyteposter

      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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    7. Covfefe Anon‏ @CovfefeAnon Jun 28
      Replying to @parasociality @17cShyteposter

      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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    8. Parasociality‏ @parasociality Jun 28
      Replying to @CovfefeAnon @17cShyteposter

      Gotcha. Those two tend to collapse, though, don't you think? Like, the Cosa Nostra, while having a formal structure from the inside, ends up creating an informal structure writ large ("Yeah, Mr. Barone's name is on the building, but Soprano's the guy you've really got to see".)

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    9. Parasociality‏ @parasociality Jun 28
      Replying to @parasociality @CovfefeAnon @17cShyteposter

      Likewise, if you had an open/informal structure ("We just do whatever the NYT tells us"), I would think that functionally becomes a formal structure. It seems like it couldn't really be "open" without be codified / publicly announced, and thus formal.

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    10. Covfefe Anon‏ @CovfefeAnon Jun 28
      Replying to @parasociality @17cShyteposter

      Formal / informal is more the structure within the ruling class - is there a formal hierarchy? (yes for the mafia, no for the progressive egregore) Do outsiders know who ranks where in that hierarchy? (No for the mafia, impossible for the egregore). Informal + open is unstable.

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      Covfefe Anon‏ @CovfefeAnon Jun 28
      Replying to @CovfefeAnon @parasociality @17cShyteposter

      Informal + open will lead to war within the ruling class as they give contradictory orders to test their position and try to dominate each other.

      11:42 AM - 28 Jun 2021
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