Pluto
Cat Extremist
- Dec 27, 2020
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It has been said that historically, the most stable societies have been of the one-man-rule variety. The past few centuries have seen much experimentation, yet all seem to be converging back to that same default.
Example: Russia
1721-1917 - Russian Empire: a subjugated population ruled by the Tsar/Emperor.
1922-1991 - USSR: an even more subjugated population ruled by the leader and his State.
1991-present - Russian Federation: a subjugated population ruled by you-know-who and the oligarch/billionaire class.
Example 2: the United Shursh
pre-1776 - British monarchy colonialism, etc.
1865 - Slavery abolished.
circa-1900 - First billionaires emerge.
post-WWII - unsustainable era of large-scale prosperity.
Present day - billionaire class owns the media and sets the public narrative, government subservient to corporate lobbyists serving the billionaire class, fast-growing disparity between billionaire class and the masses, possible billionaire-led (Trump) movement to terminate democracy outright.
In the wider scale of Egypt or China, where there have been thousands of years worth of relatively stable one-man-rule ranging from ancient dynasties to modern autocrats, the past few centuries seem a mere failed experiment in egalitarianism.
Example: Russia
1721-1917 - Russian Empire: a subjugated population ruled by the Tsar/Emperor.
1922-1991 - USSR: an even more subjugated population ruled by the leader and his State.
1991-present - Russian Federation: a subjugated population ruled by you-know-who and the oligarch/billionaire class.
Example 2: the United Shursh
pre-1776 - British monarchy colonialism, etc.
1865 - Slavery abolished.
circa-1900 - First billionaires emerge.
post-WWII - unsustainable era of large-scale prosperity.
Present day - billionaire class owns the media and sets the public narrative, government subservient to corporate lobbyists serving the billionaire class, fast-growing disparity between billionaire class and the masses, possible billionaire-led (Trump) movement to terminate democracy outright.
In the wider scale of Egypt or China, where there have been thousands of years worth of relatively stable one-man-rule ranging from ancient dynasties to modern autocrats, the past few centuries seem a mere failed experiment in egalitarianism.
