the loveliest technocracy in fiction is Ankh-Morpork, a fantasy of Havelock Vetinari (a bigger author self-insert Marty Stu than Kvothe) being able to maintain the skills to keep control of the city and the skills to operate the city both at peak because they're the same skills
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evil overlords are best overlords because when everybody recognizes that governance is an evil activity, somewhat more people have the sense not to fucking ask for more of it
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incidentally, the original tweet, given ambient usage of terms, is potentially horrifically unclear without this tweet clarifying ithttps://twitter.com/chaosprime/status/1049321083294441475 …
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Out of all the human governing systems, technocracy technically has the longest lindy. Obviously not fitting for the times now, but...
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Flesh-eating bacteria never did anything to me. Give them a chance, let's see how they do.
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