Re:How the Hell Do You Govern in a Complex World
by ryanmarsh on Sunday February 14, 2021 @10:34PM
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I wonder how such an anemic federal govt could avoid becoming the client state of a major world power in the modern complex world where the stakes are so high, the opponents are playing the long game, and the oligarchs have no national loyalty.
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Re:How the Hell Do You Govern in a Complex World
by AnthonyMouse on Sunday February 14, 2021 @10:50PM
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It's the other way around. If you bind their hands (e.g. constitutionally reduce the power of the central government and have the states and cities take over what it currently does) then oligarchs have to fight in every state and town instead of in one place for everyone. Then sometimes they lose, instead of the status quo where a federal government controlled by oligarchs has its hand in everything.