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In a past life I was a control theory researcher. Applied to politics it is largely seductive nonsense that explains very little. Look up spectacularly underwhelming history of system dynamics (Jay Forrester, Limits to Growth stuff). Wiener’s Cybernetics led to more woo than wow.
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The closest in spirit to a control theoretic approach to politics is Bruno deMesquita’s Dictator’s Handbook model. Most people who try to apply the technical letter of control theory rather than the spirit of it to social systems fail badly.
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