alanbwt on Nostr: Worth noting also: There are no historic examples of direct democracies succeeding. ...

Worth noting also: There are no historic examples of direct democracies succeeding.

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Good rule of thumb: If you cannot name any historic examples of your preferred system of government succeeding in the past, it’s unlikely to succeed in the present.

This is true of both Communism and Anarchism, but is not true of a Minarchism or Monarchism.