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majikero

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Re: Better than Democracy?
« Reply #105 on: August 27, 2013, 05:41:43 pm »
You know you guys are just going around each other.  ::)
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Graknorke

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Re: Better than Democracy?
« Reply #106 on: August 27, 2013, 06:22:21 pm »
Quote from: majikero on August 27, 2013, 05:41:43 pm
You know you guys are just going around each other.  ::)
This is Bay12. It's what we're best at.
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Re: Better than Democracy?
« Reply #107 on: August 27, 2013, 06:25:53 pm »
Quote from: Graknorke on August 27, 2013, 06:22:21 pm
Quote from: majikero on August 27, 2013, 05:41:43 pm
You know you guys are just going around each other.  ::)
This is Bay12. It's what we're best at.
Bullshit, we're far better at responding to what the other poster isn't saying.
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Graknorke

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Re: Better than Democracy?
« Reply #108 on: August 27, 2013, 06:37:15 pm »
Quote from: Bauglir on August 27, 2013, 06:25:53 pm
Quote from: Graknorke on August 27, 2013, 06:22:21 pm
Quote from: majikero on August 27, 2013, 05:41:43 pm
You know you guys are just going around each other.  ::)
This is Bay12. It's what we're best at.
Bullshit, we're far better at responding to what the other poster isn't saying.
WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY MOTHER!?
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Re: Better than Democracy?
« Reply #109 on: August 28, 2013, 01:06:43 am »
i think we should go back to the most stable form of government in history and get us a pharaoh
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Re: Better than Democracy?
« Reply #110 on: August 29, 2013, 08:51:20 am »
Quote from: sackhead on August 28, 2013, 01:06:43 am
i think we should go back to the most stable form of government in history and get us a pharaoh
Or we could go with the most indisputable form of government and elect SUPREME LEADER KIM,
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Re: Better than Democracy?
« Reply #111 on: September 02, 2013, 02:46:37 pm »
You guys are all morons. We should all put on our best tinfoil caps and do what our pet cats tell us to! The best form of government, period.
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Graknorke

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Re: Better than Democracy?
« Reply #112 on: September 03, 2013, 10:27:56 am »
Quote from: Dorsidwarf on September 02, 2013, 02:46:37 pm
You guys are all morons. We should all put on our best tinfoil caps and do what our pet cats tell us to! The best form of government, period.
Fight to the death for scraps of meat?
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Re: Better than Democracy?
« Reply #113 on: September 03, 2013, 01:09:52 pm »
Quote from: DJ on August 27, 2013, 07:55:20 am
Feudalism. A lord has more incentive to treat his serfs well than does a CEO to treat his employees well, since employees are a lot more expendable than serfs.
We did have a thread on that. It degenerated quickly.
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« Reply #114 on: September 03, 2013, 06:06:55 pm »
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Quote from: DJ on August 27, 2013, 07:55:20 am
Feudalism. A lord has more incentive to treat his serfs well than does a CEO to treat his employees well, since employees are a lot more expendable than serfs.
We did have a thread on that. It degenerated quickly.
So, much like the actual feudalism?
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« Reply #115 on: September 03, 2013, 06:36:29 pm »
Saying that feudalism degenerated implies it started out well.
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« Reply #116 on: September 03, 2013, 08:21:15 pm »
here we go

Note that while it's now in FG&R, it started in GD
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Re: Better than Democracy?
« Reply #117 on: September 04, 2013, 04:41:00 pm »
Quote from: Culise on September 03, 2013, 06:06:55 pm
Quote from: RedWarrior0 on September 03, 2013, 01:09:52 pm
Quote from: DJ on August 27, 2013, 07:55:20 am
Feudalism. A lord has more incentive to treat his serfs well than does a CEO to treat his employees well, since employees are a lot more expendable than serfs.
We did have a thread on that. It degenerated quickly.
So, much like the actual feudalism?
Feudalism stayed going for a while.
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Re: Better than Democracy?
« Reply #118 on: September 04, 2013, 10:39:51 pm »
That doesn't mean it was effective, benevolent, or profitable.
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« Reply #119 on: September 05, 2013, 08:31:23 am »
In fact I'd argue stability and longevity of a government can be a negative trait just as well. A form of government that is hard to change/overthrow may be problematic when it becomes corrupt or incompetent, especially when there are no checks in place (like I imagine is the case with fuedalism? Don't actually know to much about it).

Sometimes a little instability and the threat of revolution is necesary to keep it in shape. How does it go? A government should fear its people, not the other way around?
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