this is cybernetic consistency: no uncontrolled nodes in the system. it works *because* it is checked, not in spite of it.
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history of modernity can be seen as a failure of absolutist kings to understand this & the consequent convergence of this point & demotism
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the central point in Tocqueville's works is this: French Revolution only happened b/c the king failed to properly divide power among estates
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similar points can be made about pretty much all other modern Revolutions: kings made sure only way they could be checked was beheading them
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the Cathedralists took over the world because they knew how to check power. this made them efficient. to win, NRx must be *more* efficient
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so, the whole "let's go back to absolutism" is unrealistic at best, outright stupid at worst.
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absolutism consistently LOST to demotism. this should suffice to show how utter inefficient it is.
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An alternative narrative http://anomalyuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/recap-of-fall-of-monarchism.html … However, absolutism != totalitarianism. Scope of sovereignty may be limited
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good question. A pervasive assumption that some things are none of his business, ultimately enforced by Gnon.
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Note that in practice no (Western) absolute monarchs were as totalitarian as the average modern liberal democracy.
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