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Re:Gödel's Loophole by smitty1e on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:22AM (#26578846)
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

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Re:Gödel's Loophole by bobthechef on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:14AM (#26579826)
> in favor of historical authoritarian approaches.

I don't think history is a linear progression from authoritarianism to representative government.

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Re:Gödel's Loophole by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:17AM (#26579866)
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."

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Re:Gödel's Loophole by smitty1e on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:27AM (#26580701)
Law is very often a reaction to what has happened: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_cases_make_bad_law
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Re:Gödel's Loophole by smitty1e on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:25AM (#26580675)
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?

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