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   cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 09:31:33 JST cjd

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   The fundamental problem with democracy is that, like any sovereign system, it can vote to dismantle itself.
   
   The lure of state level power will always attract bad actors like flies to shit. And they will use every form of deception to try to convince the voters to give the power of the state apparatus to them.
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     cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 09:32:03 JST cjd

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     • Ken-O-ration 🀴🀴
     It's basically an intractable problem: If you have anything that is worth stealing, people will use any method they can to steal it.
     
     If you fully decentralize all power as much as possible, they will simply march an army in and grab it - because you can't raise enough power to oppose them.
     
     If you unite to "provide for the common defense" then they will parasitize that system which you have constructed.
     
     In this domain, "no system is safe" is a harsh reality.
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     Ken-O-ration 🀴🀴 (krgingerich@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 09:32:04 JST Ken-O-ration 🀴🀴

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     Hey, well said, Sir!

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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 12:23:14 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     • Ken-O-ration 🀴🀴
     Democracy is tragedy of the commons manifest as government. And to your point, decentralization creates its own weaknesses. Despite my hatred of machines and the concept of "AI rulership", I can see the "appeal" of outsourcing governance to a strong centralized authority lacking some of the flaws of humanity. Total robot death will always be my position on the matter, but I'm not above pretending I can't see the appeal.