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Representative democracy, with strong, constitutionally-mandated countermajoritarian principles. Western liberal democracy, in other words. It's far from perfect, but easily the least bad system yet. Advocating 'benevolent dictatorship' without a way to ensure continued benevolence (a contradiction in terms) is little different from saying 'trust god.'
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Mofabio posted:They are part and parcel- monarchies go with feudalism, parliamentary democracy with capitalism, hunter-gatherer bands with anarchism. The other state systems we've tried under capitalism, like dictatorships, don't last too long Capitalism degenerates into kleptocracy or corporatism without checks on capital's power. That is the real danger of Citizens United. I'd still much rather live with a mixed economy tending toward market than a command economy, mind. TheImmigrant fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Sep 25, 2015 |
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