• mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    I really have begun to believe that politicians should employ historians to give advice on certain political events by drawing comparisons to previous situations.

    • Troy@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      That only really works in a benevolent dictatorship. In a democracy, the masses can vote for reality-rejection candidates.

      It’s a pity democracy seems to be better than all the alternatives in practice, cause in principle there should be ways to improve things more. Inevitably though all other forms turn into draconian crap. Well, democracy does sometimes too, but less often.