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Re:3 Rules for Rulers by wildmusings on Monday October 24, 2016 @02:09PM (#12781248)
It seems that the key lesson is that to minimize the horrible nature of human politics: have less government and more poles of power within it.

This is the design goal of the US Constitution, from the federal nature of the system to the gridlock-by-design of the central government.

Re:3 Rules for Rulers by kilotaras on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @06:54AM (#12786794)
> more poles of power

Yet two-party system is opposite of that.

Re:3 Rules for Rulers by wildmusings on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @03:07PM (#12790713)
I meant between the actual institutions of government, but you raise a good point.

I think that proportional representation is worse. Let's say you have the following election split: 45% Conservative, 45% Socialist, 10% Green. In such a scenario, the Green Party becomes king-maker and wields enormous power nearly equal to whoever it chooses as coalition partner and highly disproportionate to its tiny share of the vote.

Re:3 Rules for Rulers by zokier on Monday October 24, 2016 @02:01PM (#12781166)
I'd point out that this video is basically "The Dictator's Handbook" in a nutshell video form. And that book is far from universally accepted, so while the video is presented in a very assertive tone you might want to take it with a grain of salt.
Re:3 Rules for Rulers by fatdog on Monday October 24, 2016 @07:10PM (#12783723)
It's actually very widely accepted, and his methods are used in the intelligence community for political forecasting.

It threatens a lot of conventional beliefs, but they are conventional mainly because, as shown, people are sheep.

This is probably the most dangerous video ever produced.

Re:3 Rules for Rulers by vminkov on Thursday October 27, 2016 @12:49AM (#12802995)
AI and data are the new oil, so beware folks - when the peasant workers are no more needed, you may want to watch out for the dictators trying to take over the ship.
Re:3 Rules for Rulers by spectrum1234 on Monday October 24, 2016 @07:44PM (#12783923)
This is brilliant.