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Originally Posted by Jibartik
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Now one must ask, was the long term effects of this "idea some guys had" actually the best?
Our global empire is going bananas faster than any other global empire in history.
Sure takes a lot of faith in this system that isn't religion that it will work? Since last time it lead to a great depression, and then world wars to solve that problem, and now its headed to another great depression, and maybe world wars to solve that again?
Seems like a cycle to me.
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Democracy is a terrible solution ... but it's still better than every other option.
The fundamental problem is, people suck. Unfortunately, we can't (yet) change that.
But if you can at least setup a system of incentives (eg. the democratic system of America) to channel that suckiness in the right ways, it sucks less
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Certainly less than dictatorships, which are really the only other viable approach.