Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Sat, 7 Dec 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-12-07, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
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We don't know the right answers, we have to experiment. And some
experiments end in failure. Communism ended in failure.
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But why then are we so keen  to reintroduce it?

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Because democracy is also ending in failure.
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There's probably a good essay someone could write around the concept
of the Final Vote.  That's when a democratic society decides to vote
away their freedom and install a dictator.

I would argue that the democracy we have today, is one of the youngest and least tested forms of governance we have. I do not consider it a continuation of greece, but a new, modern, system that drew some inspiration from greece.
On the other hand, we all now how well it went for democracy in greece, so that does not bode well for us.
The only game changer today is a globally integrated civilization and communication at the speed of thought. I'm not saying that it will affect how things go, but those conditions did not exist back then.