Also I think going on VC is better

I think Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's description of how the rules of ruling work, is a fair assessment on how leaders make decision to dedicate resources. The smaller the pool of supporters, the less incentive there is to benefit the general population. Even populist leaders eventually have to face the reality that their bad policies will fail, and they'll get replaced. That's how it worked in favor of Trump.

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Yeah, because we have more "access" to the system, on an authoritarian system the same problems would exist, but would be hidden from the society

Why doesn't the music bot work?

Again, if the problem ls the human factor, every system will be flawed

think it borked it;s self yesterday noone fixed it

Jeez.

You guys moving to VC?

Yes I am

The music Bots been broken for a while

I just wanted to listen to music.

How do we fix it?

I have no idea what's wrong with it, and fixing it isn't up to me.

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To me? My internet is shit.

Robots constantly.

@Fulcrum010 I’m on VC

What did ya wanna talk about, @flyingfoxel?

I'm not going there

Have fun

@Fulcrum010 Join us

Nah

Give em a chance at least.

Nah

Fuck them

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Power doesn’t corrupt. Rather, power inevitably attracts the corrupted.```

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@flyingfoxel, the *"do you support freedom of association and an alt-right private community?"* one?

If you instate a benevolent dictator, you risk having him replaced by an evil dictator, and there's no fixing after that.

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na i think i may have tied a question to you, you didn't ask

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@DanielKO who said that it's fucking gold

That's a commentary about Mesquita's book, "The Dictator's Handbook."

It makes the argument that leaders act the way they do, because the system in place pushes them to act in a certain way, otherwise they get "replaced."

It's a really good book, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dictator%27s_Handbook

There's another book by the same name, different author, that's more of a satire.

Yeah, same with any political system. Kissing a baby on the head and all.

He makes the point that all governments, or even corporations, run on the same basic rules.

Yeah, why not have a vanguard of the communists to guide the proletariat ?