• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    Yeah, it would be hilariously ironic if not for the tragedy.

    “We can’t try anarchy, because bad people will become warlords! Then they’ll compete and the winner will take full control as a dictator!”

    “Uh huh, and what do we call that?”

    “Anarchy! That’s why I’m voting for fascism!”

    [Facepalm]

    I’m actually not a big fan of anarchy, but the idea that it’s worse than Totalitarianism seems pretty silly to me.

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        19 days ago

        Anarchy isn’t that. It’s just what happens when people try to install it in a geopolitical environment that’s inherently imperialistic. It would be interesting to see what kind of social structures are possible without outside interference, but I don’t expect to see that in my lifetime.

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          19 days ago

          “Anarchy” is a transition state, almost always to something worse. The point of instituting a democracy is to prevent that something worse. Granted, that doesn’t always work, but it’s better than nothing.

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              19 days ago

              …an’ I wanna pony with wings, an’ I wanna pretty castle, an’ I wanna be a princess, an’ I wanna dress made out of pretty rainbows and sunshine, an’ I wanna…