It gets tiresome at some point, doesn't it?

Yeah I figured I can’t change them and they are quit boring so I just try to get reactions out of them

Like I would have told the Norwegian girl my favorite Norwegian was Varg Vikernes just to piss her off

@EYEFORKNOWLEDGE156 No, I just told them I wanted to go somewhere else. I wasn't friends with any of them so they didn't care. I didn't want to make my day worse. I just wanted to get away from them as soon as possible so that I could do something better.

@Korin Dickman I created one.

Hey guys I have a quick question: what do you guys think about term limits for members of Congress?

Get rid of them

Congress I mean

Heh

Anyways I think they should probably be longer

longer?

what's the point of maker the terms longer?

IDK

I was asked if I would support term limits for members of Congress, and I didn't have an opinion so I thought I would see what you guys thought to inform my decision.

Longer terms means they can plan for longer and worry less about reelection

Term limits are a band aid solution for the bureaucracy inherent to Democratic/Representative Governing models

So no term limits?

Imperial senate time?

Having a set limit on how long a politician reigns in general isn't a great idea, I'd much prefer that we give the people the means to remove any delegate from power at any time, so the threat of being removed motivates them to do a good job

In short there shouldn't be a set limit on how short or long a delegate's reign lasts, other than how well they preform

A good leader should reign for as long as he can deliver, and a bad ruler should be tarred and feather the moment they screw up. This one size fits all approach is completely asinine

Oh I didn't mention I'm filling out an official survey. How should I rate President Trump's performance?
Excellent, good, Fair, poor, other ___?

I was thinking of just going with good.

write in your own answer if you're conflicted

@Foxen (The Centurion) i don't want congress doing anything so i support term limits

Too late I've already submitted it.

it ok they wont listen anyways

One of the problems with the incentives of Congressmen in general are that they are essentially child kings that are largely incapable of ruling without many corrupt advisors

They’re also incentivized to loot other regions and bring back pork for their constituents

Term limits ensure that they can’t understand the game too well (Mitch McConnell) so they don’t do too much damage

However, they’re less capable of creating good, long-term policy

@clossington i'm still waiting for the nojoo policy

How about a term limit of 0 days

And abolishing term limits of the presidency

Making presidency a lifelong thing

And also making it hereditary

and then what if the king dies and the successor is a psychopath?

Rarely ever happens

Bruh, that is the most basic bitch anti-monarchy statment

And if it does those tend to be put into a regency

Or dethroned

Nobody, even in a monarchy, rules alone

Only the mad and "great kings" get in the history books. Most of them were neither

And how good has democracy prevented mad leaders from rising to the top?

Also now we have knowledge of genetics and royals can avoid having as many bad apples in their families by better selecting who they marry

The understanding should be that there can't be a compromise in the quality of royalty

Genetics isn't even needed for this. In the olden times people knew about proper breeding

What happened historically is that diplomacy resulted in all sorts of bad marriages

so weve already established a king can be dethroned, then essentialy what youre advocating is an oligarchy of the people who can dethrone a king they dont see as fit

what im wondering is how you make sure the king controls the lords and corporations and not the other way around

No it's just it becomes pretty obvious in most cases when a ruler turns insane

That's far from an oligarchy

Which you can see in say Qing China or Japan throughout most of its history where the real power usually rested with the regents

It's up to a king to figure out how to effectively enforce his rule

Monarchy is an interesting idea, but I’d say it would be virtually impossible to establish one in America considering the country’s history

It'd still be better than liberal democracy though

It'd be hard to do/envision in any western country but this is making the mistake of assuming you'd just try to restore old monarchy rather than go say the Bonapartist route

It's pretty easy to draw a line from democracy to dictatorship

And from dictatorship to hereditary rule

Some theoretical framework is still required but I'd think you could use the Chinese concept of the mandate of heaven to legitimize it in the longterm

Also parts of America are less in line with the Anglo mindset

I think a dictatorship would probably solve all your problems, so I don't see why there would need to be a transition into monarchy

But yeah, it'd definitely be easier to go from dictatorship to monarchy than try to transition straight from democracy to monarchy

If dictatorships don't have clear lines of succession it causes all sorts of issues in the longterm

Basically Alexander's problem

What happens without an heir but very powerfull gnerals etc.

Being born into royalty makes you weak. Rome had the right idea, adopting sons who would be competent rulers

Of course antipater killed Alexander's son tho

I don't see how being born into royalty makes one weak. if anything it allows you to properly prepare for rule

No hardship. You have a cushy life.

Not necessarily

I think it also makes it harder to relate to the common folk

Lots of learning and bureaucracy to do

Sometimes people expect them to lead

Someone who was raised a commoner but is a genius, understands what it's like

Anyway, I think we can both agree that a dictatorship would be a step in the right direction. Even if we don't agree on the final end point

Yeah

The metaphysics must be right, thats the most important part

I think that if a king raises their child(ren) properly they grow up to be good rulers.

Just don’t let them live a cushy life and force them to do jobs considered as crappy.

Make their young childhood fun but make them struggle when they are teens and young adults so that they don’t become spoiled.

>a king

>their

fam...

What?

King are men

It’s HIS children

Don’t adopt leftist nonenglish

I was thinking of king AND Queen when I said the their bit.

I just didn’t put Queen in there because I was being retarded.

Machiavelli talks about this in The Prince

I agree that saying their for everything is gay af.

Good times create weak men etc

A prince ought to be educated in the history of warfare and be raised to hunt

To know what it takes to lure and kill your enemies and to learn the lay of the land

How valleys slope and forests conceal

Everyone should. It is just extra important for rulers to.

So that he may know how to lead a battle when the time comes

Reminder that the mongols were raised hunting mice and herding on horseback

And conquered half the world’s population in an afternoon with six horses and a banana