Re:3 Rules for Rulers
by wildmusings on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @03:07PM
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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
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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 vminkov on Thursday October 27, 2016 @12:49AM
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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.
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.
Yet two-party system is opposite of that.
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.
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.