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Politics: Left, Right, and Center National, state, regional, and local politics. Who's doing what to whom, and what you can do about it. How-to-get-action messages are encouraged. "How the government fucked up my life" stories are encouraged. Sharing new methods for cheating on taxes is encouraged. Sample "letters to congresscritters" are encouraged. Apathy and "I can't do anything" posts are discouraged. Left, right, centrist, or any other form of political-economic systems are all up for discussion. Be prepared to defend yourself, or at least have a good line of bullshit ready. Extensive quoting of economists and philosophers is frowned upon. We want to hear what YOU have to say, not what some constipated, impotent, dead guy dreamt up while suffering from the DT's over a hundred years ago thought.

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 #1 
Old 2008-12-27, 16:39
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Default Pick your poison.

Okay, so I was thinking...
there are all these different types of government and all of these different subclasses within those types, so, if you could pick how you were to be governed...
What type of government would you chose... and why?
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Old 2008-12-27, 22:23
Carbonbased Carbonbased is offline
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Dictatorship with me as the dictator.
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Old 2008-12-27, 22:51
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Dictatorship with me as the dictator.


That's not you being governed.
That's you governing.
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Old 2008-12-27, 23:13
Carbonbased Carbonbased is offline
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Well i govern myself then!

OK cerially, why not still a dictatorship, I think it could honestly work if a richous and just man were leading. I mean dictatorships have been given a bad wrap I think because every one in recent history has been a tyrant or incompetent. A dictatorship would solve some of the couption problems in my opinion as we wouldn't need to worry about who was financing a candidates campaign or who a candidate owed allegiances to And I think that this would free a leader up to make the decisions that were best for the people.

Also if a dictator gets out of hand overthrowing them could be easier than some other governments as there is only one person that needs killen.
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Old 2008-12-28, 00:03
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... there is only one person that needs killen.
That's the problem in practice.
Supporters.
Sheep.
They have to be dealt with as well.
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Old 2008-12-28, 04:32
Mantikore Mantikore is offline
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id still stick with good old democracy.

failing that, a meritocracy sounds pretty good
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Old 2008-12-28, 06:03
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_(bureaucratic)
http://www.technocracy.org/
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Old 2008-12-28, 16:09
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_(bureaucratic)
http://www.technocracy.org/

Naw.

Scientists might be highly intelligent, however it takes more than mere brainpower to run a country.

I personally would go with what this Greek philosopher said, (forgot his name) which is to have philosophers lead a country.

Even this is not the ideal; I believe with the advent of biotechnology we should soon be able to design people who are of sound moral character and who are also blessed with insight. These will be our leaders.
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Old 2008-12-30, 14:33
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Demarchy. Leaders are chosen at random.

Look at most people you meet. Do you seriously think they are capable of choosing your government? Most people are either stupid or don't spend enough time thinking about their decision.

At least if some idiot is chosen they are only in power for one or two years. The chances of having an unkind dictator are dramatically reduced if they are in power for one or two years. To quote Batman "Either you die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

OP what is your ideal form of government?
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Old 2009-01-02, 03:05
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Well, honestly the best form of government on paper is probably a Meritocracy, but in practice I'd like to see total individual sovereignty or nations made up of nuclear families that are direct democracies with a very loose treaty of peace and set trade regulations governing relations between nations.
Any improvements on that?
Any contradictions?:)
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Old 2009-01-02, 07:12
patton patton is offline
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A representative democracy where only people with an IQ over a certain number can vote.
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Old 2009-01-02, 14:19
Garibaldi Garibaldi is offline
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A representative democracy with a limited central gov't who's primary concern is the defense of the nation and a few other laws instead of interfering with it's citizens personal, social, and economic lives.
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Old 2009-01-03, 04:50
t3hpope t3hpope is offline
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Minarchist, militantly antitheistic republic. Same structure as defined by the U.S. Constitution only with five presidents instead of just one. Corruption will be treated as treason and anyone found guilty will be executed upon conviction.
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Old 2009-01-03, 12:55
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Libetarian Socialism, if I am the one being governed that is. I think Sweden is rather close to a pure socialist government from what I have heard, and if you threw in drug legalisation into the mix it would be Nirvana.
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Old 2009-01-13, 07:07
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carbonbased
Well i govern myself then!

OK cerially, why not still a dictatorship, I think it could honestly work if a richous and just man were leading. I mean dictatorships have been given a bad wrap I think because every one in recent history has been a tyrant or incompetent. A dictatorship would solve some of the couption problems in my opinion as we wouldn't need to worry about who was financing a candidates campaign or who a candidate owed allegiances to And I think that this would free a leader up to make the decisions that were best for the people.

Also if a dictator gets out of hand overthrowing them could be easier than some other governments as there is only one person that needs killen.


Yeah, but power is intoxicating. How long do you think one would last as a benevolent dictator?

Technocracy sounds good, but scientists aren't infallible.
 
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