Re: The joy of Democracy

On 2024-10-19, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

Scale is the real problem. A state like the US with over 300 million
people, half of which would like to see the other half hanging from lamp
poles,  is impossible without a highly coercive government.

Not the number of people - the divisiveness. Which may come from
inequality, ethnicities or racism. Yugoslavia is the textbook example.
Fell completely apart once the iron fist softened just a little bit.

But ... "it can't happen here!"