Re: The joy of Democracy

Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> wrote in
news:slrnvh7prm.2v6gn.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com:

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!"

Just because there appears to be a problem as expressed by all the bots
doesn't mean that we actually have those views.  We actually talk to one
another and can find out why someone who disagrees with us has that
viewpoint.