Some require months of coalition-building, a persistent effort to sieve out as much bullshit as possible.
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In some ways, it doesn't really matter exactly how that buffer is created, so long as it exists.
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There could be different structures, different rules, a wide range of obstacles between an idea and enacting it in policy.
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But all serve that basic task of placing a buffer between a brainfart and the public, a way of filtering bullshit via effort.
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The implementation of that buffer can be argued, reshaped, replaced. But its existence can't be.
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Even governments traditionally considered lacking that buffer, had an interval measured in hours rather than seconds.
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The worst despots in history, still had to wait more than 30 seconds to declare a policy.
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Consider that buffer as an editor, scrapping a load of cartoonishly awful ideas and presenting a polished final product, even if it's evil.
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Take a moment to imagine your despot of choice, with literally zero buffer. No editor, filtering out the awful bullshit.
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Picture your despot of choice, announcing ideas that they wouldn't had it required the effort of walking up a flight of stairs
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This is also why things which "make it more difficult for the police/armed forces to do their job" are usually good
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