@Mars43835573@tres_por4124@Xhej__ Democracy seems to survive easier whereas dictatorships may thrive but are likely not sustainable in the order of thousands of years. To choose a dictator you must hope they are truly benevolent, or if they’ve deceived you, your life may become far wose than democracy every could
@tres_por4124@Mars43835573@Xhej__ This is the issue, a power concentration is good under good leadership but a disaster when not. The US system is built around bulletproofing awful leadership from corruption and destruction with balance between the branches. But at the cost of decisivness in leadership
@Traveler2000AD@Xhej__ The beat alternative I can think of is a critical thinking exam where your voting power is proportional to it. It is politically neutral and it scales with ability and see through political theatre and senseless performance
I dount that will ever be tried though
@arumalts@La_SemiYA_dl_VD War unveils all evils in the human mind. And while it is no good, a smaller country like Ukraine will never survive without succumbing to absolute control over citizens, property, and life