A video from 7 years ago by CGP Grey that talks about how democracy and dictatorships run and I find it an interesting look at the general politics and how it effects how a country is run when compared to today’s landscape

  • MajinBlayze@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Something that i think is important to understand about this, and while Grey does mention it, its brief and towards the end, is that this framework isn’t unique to governments. These patterns show up in human organization at basically every level.

    So I’m going to push back on the idea that

    this is horrible and this system should be abolished

    Depending on what “this system” means to you.

    I think it’s much more useful to understand the incentives at play and build systems that minimize the damage consolidated power can do, and limit the ability for power to accumulate. That is… very much easier said than done, but I think it’s needed effort.

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      4 months ago

      I totally agree. I guess that’s also what I meant but couldn’t express.

      My comment was about our current society. But it applies to lots of things like family relationships, work etc.