Used to think the world is getting less governable. Now I think it’s never been governable. People just pretend it is long enough to secure their own futures for their lifetime (or at most grandkids’ lifetimes) as best they can, then give up even pretending.
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Mostly what keeps things from degenerating to chaos is natural stability, not governance. Takes exceptional energy to really destabilize societies. Like a Putin factor.
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