Message from @Vulpes

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2020-02-07 02:22:02 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 02:23:37 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 02:27:03 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 02:28:50 UTC  

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 ___?

2020-02-07 02:29:34 UTC  

I was thinking of just going with good.

2020-02-07 02:29:48 UTC  

write in your own answer if you're conflicted

2020-02-07 02:39:44 UTC  

Too late I've already submitted it.

2020-02-07 05:38:26 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 05:39:14 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 05:40:34 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 05:41:21 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 10:38:30 UTC  

How about a term limit of 0 days

2020-02-07 10:38:49 UTC  

And abolishing term limits of the presidency

2020-02-07 10:39:08 UTC  

Making presidency a lifelong thing

2020-02-07 10:39:15 UTC  

And also making it hereditary

2020-02-07 10:50:12 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 10:52:38 UTC  

Rarely ever happens

2020-02-07 10:52:46 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 10:52:53 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 10:52:56 UTC  

Or dethroned

2020-02-07 10:53:27 UTC  

Nobody, even in a monarchy, rules alone

2020-02-07 10:53:34 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 10:54:10 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 10:54:54 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 10:55:18 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 10:55:40 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 10:55:42 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 11:25:57 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 11:31:05 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 11:38:01 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 11:38:16 UTC  

That's far from an oligarchy

2020-02-07 11:38:54 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 11:40:22 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 11:44:20 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 11:45:10 UTC  

It'd still be better than liberal democracy though

2020-02-07 11:45:51 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 11:46:13 UTC  

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

2020-02-07 11:46:27 UTC  

And from dictatorship to hereditary rule