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The last 10 years has really swayed me away from a congressional democracy and reflect on how every great empire and nation of peoples operated throughout history -- and the most common thread is having a dictator (king, emperor, etc) who had a council (senate, lords, commons) who acted as representatives of the people TO the dictator, which gave the people a sense of democracy.
But ayh am troubled by how a dictator is 'chosen' as if we went by modern standards, they would be a person of great wealth and business acumen as opposed to a great leader of people.
There has to be a moment (again) where this land is reconquered by men of violence -- and prove they lead by strength and matched intelligence and not by grifting.
>The last 10 years has really swayed me away from a congressional democracy and reflect on how every great empire and nation of peoples operated throughout history -- and the most common thread is having a dictator (king, emperor, etc) who had a council (senate, lords, commons) who acted as representatives of the people TO the dictator, which gave the people a sense of democracy.
That's the conclusion I arrived at.
In a perfect world, I'd still advocate for absolute freedom but, after seeing how freedom was subverted to do away with freedom, I realized that freedom is not for everyone. Basically, great power, great responsibility, and it must be safeguarded. And if no one is brave enough to safeguard it, then we'll all just end up as slaves to those who are brave enough to grab power for themselves.
>But ayh am troubled by how a dictator is 'chosen' as if we went by modern standards, they would be a person of great wealth and business acumen as opposed to a great leader of people.
Agreed, and also the current generation of people don't possess the qualities and characteristics to be great leaders.
>There has to be a moment (again) where this land is reconquered by men of violence -- and prove they lead by strength and matched intelligence and not by grifting.
But ayh am troubled by how a dictator is 'chosen' as if we went by modern standards, they would be a person of great wealth and business acumen as opposed to a great leader of people.
There has to be a moment (again) where this land is reconquered by men of violence -- and prove they lead by strength and matched intelligence and not by grifting.
That's the conclusion I arrived at.
In a perfect world, I'd still advocate for absolute freedom but, after seeing how freedom was subverted to do away with freedom, I realized that freedom is not for everyone. Basically, great power, great responsibility, and it must be safeguarded. And if no one is brave enough to safeguard it, then we'll all just end up as slaves to those who are brave enough to grab power for themselves.
>But ayh am troubled by how a dictator is 'chosen' as if we went by modern standards, they would be a person of great wealth and business acumen as opposed to a great leader of people.
Agreed, and also the current generation of people don't possess the qualities and characteristics to be great leaders.
>There has to be a moment (again) where this land is reconquered by men of violence -- and prove they lead by strength and matched intelligence and not by grifting.
I hope you're right, but I'm not too optimistic.
History teaches us, every thing has a limit.