We don’t have any a political alternative outside of what is a mix of Oligarchy and RealPolitik. Never have done, never will do.
Some social disguises of the system appear either less harmful or more appealing to the public, but it’s all the same chieftain system we’ve always had, and always will have, regardless of the legalese we describe it with…
…because raw political power derived from a mix of status, wealth, and pragmatic circumstance is always and will always be above the law. That’s a definitive aspect of being able to construct such systems or change the disguises we clothe them in (eg. the legalese and hence appearances/perceptions).
Political change, progress, these are the illusions that always dissolve, leaving the same consistent “true” system to be revealed. All changes in any practical sense were the willing choices of the powerful, always simply to perpetuate personal power.
We don’t have any a political alternative outside of what is a mix of Oligarchy and RealPolitik. Never have done, never will do.
Some social disguises of the system appear either less harmful or more appealing to the public, but it’s all the same chieftain system we’ve always had, and always will have, regardless of the legalese we describe it with…
…because raw political power derived from a mix of status, wealth, and pragmatic circumstance is always and will always be above the law. That’s a definitive aspect of being able to construct such systems or change the disguises we clothe them in (eg. the legalese and hence appearances/perceptions).
Political change, progress, these are the illusions that always dissolve, leaving the same consistent “true” system to be revealed. All changes in any practical sense were the willing choices of the powerful, always simply to perpetuate personal power.