Powerful people are powerful largely because they create network effects ("the more the merrier") among their supporters.
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@KevinSimler in principle democracy short circuits this by giving power to people who make themselves useful to those at the bottom
@drethelin Love the "short circuit" metaphor. But is it new to democracy? Even Genghis Khan was (had to be) useful to the rank-and-file.
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@KevinSimler Hmm, happened in Rome too. Similar stuff in pirate cultures also -
@drethelin@KevinSimler You don't even need to give power to the lower rungs, just the hypothetical possibility of it. - 13 more replies
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