"- inequality is inherently politically destabilizing.
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RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117076609218874535
"- inequality is inherently politically destabilizing. A society ruled over fools and monsters who were not voted into power and can't be voted out of power is a doomed society. Eventually – the French Revolution, the World Wars – these societies grow so unstable that they collapse altogether." - @pluralistic
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RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117076609218874535
"- inequality is inherently politically destabilizing. A society ruled over fools and monsters who were not voted into power and can't be voted out of power is a doomed society. Eventually – the French Revolution, the World Wars – these societies grow so unstable that they collapse altogether." - @pluralistic
@jwcph @pluralistic I really hope that we are not about to find out that democracy only has about a 250 year stable period. Maybe it's human nature that no system of government is stable long term. That would be a sad state of affairs.
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@jwcph @pluralistic I really hope that we are not about to find out that democracy only has about a 250 year stable period. Maybe it's human nature that no system of government is stable long term. That would be a sad state of affairs.
@rayk @pluralistic Also, a pretty defeatist view.
