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View submission: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening.
His arguments are dogshit and they’re not even logically consistent internally.
You have to be a bit of a dunce to think one man rule is a viable system given the *several thousand years of data showing these systems being fragile and unsustainable*.
Yarvin is just a nerd who is still mad that Usenet started letting anyone with an internet connection get access in 93 and hasn’t gotten over it since.
Comment by freakwent at 20/01/2025 at 09:38 UTC
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I didn't bother reading his stuff.
What is one man rule? there's no such thing. You need advisors, tax collectors, police... so what are we talking about?
Is a president not one man rule? It's pretty close.
Are we talking about a monarchy? Monarchies are notoriously stable and sustainable. The most stable nations on earth are monarchies.
Comment by EdgeCityRed at 20/01/2025 at 14:23 UTC
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You have to be a bit of a dunce to think one man rule is a viable system given the several thousand years of data showing these systems being fragile and unsustainable.
True. Most people with unrealistic political beliefs also have utopian beliefs (but believe in different forms of utopia). It's where libertarians and communists meet; the delusions that everyone in a society would be equally committed and/or compliant to a system, and that leaders, if there are leaders, are completely committed to the common good and always fair. Individuals have conflicting goals and desires, which is why only certain political systems endure without being forced on those individuals.
Comment by TJ11240 at 19/01/2025 at 18:59 UTC
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You have to be a bit of a dunce to think one man rule is a viable system given the **several thousand years** of data showing these systems being **fragile and unsustainable**.
lol