The point is that there is a system, with feedback loops.
The point is NOT that the system is somehow immaculate and incapable of drifting into instability.
Indeed, the concentration of power in the hands of the few we see about us is, arguably, the rejection of representative systems developed in the last several centuries in favor of historical authoritarian approaches.
Sweet, sweet panem et circenses => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses
Re:Gödel's Loophole
by bobthechef on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:14AM
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> in favor of historical authoritarian approaches.
I don't think history is a linear progression from authoritarianism to representative government.
Re:Gödel's Loophole
by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:17AM
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It's more often a progression from authoritarianism to representative government and back to authoritarianism.
"Law is what should happen. Politics is what does happen."
Law is very often a reaction to what has happened: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_cases_make_bad_law
A cogent argument.
Are you arguing the linearity, or the degree to which any governments in view represent much beyond the whims of the authoritarians?
Re:Gödel's Loophole
by oehtXRwMkIs on Friday March 26, 2021 @05:06PM
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I've noticed that many commenters on this insightful orange website like to bash on strawmen extrapolated from the headline or intro paragraph. They seem to think that this will make them come across as a critical thinker.
I don't see how you jump from this, to saying that Gödel, who was a very smart person, childishly believed that words on paper were universally enforceable to their logical consequences. I'm sure he was aware of the existence of courts...