I don’t know.

Lemme read

OK i wait for you to finish

And I have already said to your conclusion. If we define everything the same way as you want, the best we have is an observation with no causality, which is quite useless on its own to me. If a multivariable analysis shows there’s no causality and this is a moot variable, it would be like spending hours studying how many times trump appears on tv in a year compared with strawberry yield in Sweden.

Thanks. 🙏

( I don’t know if Sweden grows strawberries 🍓 😂)

So you meant: "I dont want to answer because I do not have sufficient information on the topic"?

I read all you said. Im trying to simplify it

Sure. Although I can recognize the immense amount of variables and knowledge needed to make such a conclusion and am skeptical of yours too 🙂

Now I really understand. It's a cultural difference here's how:

I asked: "Do you agree that Democracies are less likely to wage war against eachother"

And you said "I dont know."

My interpretations of your answer in the back of my mind were like this:

1. "I dont know what you are asking me"

2. "I don't agree with what you are saying"

3. "I dont know because i dont know sufficient information"

4. "I dont want to asnwer"

5."I dont know if I should answer."

So I didnt know which one to choose.

This is due to cultural difference in language

It’s 3 along with a bit of skepticism in 5. I don’t think one can make that conclusion because I recognize the plethora of variables in any such analysis/ study required

Something like that

Hm. Very interesting ❤️

Glad you don’t think I’m afraid of criticism. I’m not even decided in my mind if any form of democracy is better than a theoretical benevolent monarchy 😉

Actual democracy*

However you wish to define.

Yes. Interesting. I have 1 Argument to support the statement that "Monarchies are better than democracies, because the Monarchs are more educated to take public office, because they are trained from young". Just saying. Just an intelectual argument

Yea. Also, All forms of actual on-ground democracy fail so often in the 4-5 criteria that you set

Yes, I agree

So really, I wonder if it’s even a sustainable model

Yes I wonder too.

Oftentimes ppl slander each other instead of debating ideas. Just saying. Whatever I say is in relationship with ideas not people 😛 Im not an imbecile. But I dont really mind if im slandered.

Anyway I believe that "Democracies are less likely to go at war with each other"

Argument 1 - There is more at stake than in an Dictatorship

I know you are - that discussion just went to a point where both of you were talking past each other and leading to frustration

😄 yea

Argument 2 - The mechanisms of declaring war are more difficult to achieve. - Achieveing consensus for war in a Democracy is harder

Argument 3 - Democracies tend to be economically interconected so people dont want war. Also, non-warring countries dont want war since they are also conected with democracies. Through trade and some other relationships

1. How is there more at stake? Actually more is at stake for the monarch (his empire, his land, his riches, his generations to come- all at stake)

Argument 4 - Democracies redirect resources harder for war than a dictatorship.

Sure, we can debate ^_^