I'm a proponent of aristocratic rule but I absolutely loathe our judicial overlords and I'm not sure why. Probably because it's a bastardized aristocracy elevated from the bureaucracy.
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from what I can tell (this topic fascinates me and I intend to write something that touches on it, among other things)
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the "complex" in "complex societies" means specialization/division of labor which separates customary power from real (military) power
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that is, specialization producing sophisticated manufacturing practices dispersed over wide area by virtue of safe open trade lanes, and...
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...specialization producing sclerotic jurists and soft hands urbanized/palatial ruling class same thing
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but because all this is legal fiction all it takes is one good kick, whether it's an end to material plenty that buoys the system, or powerful action taken in disregard of it
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