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@h4890 @monarchist @freepatriot Most micro nations are not doing well. Places like Lichtenstein and Monaco are the exception to the rule because they built a solid economy that doesn't rely on exporting natural resources. Most of the Pacific island nations have not innovated in the same way and are either broke or reliant on aid.

@h4890 @monarchist @freepatriot Depends on the polity. Kim Jong Un is a king in all but name, but you dare not speak out and you can't leave. Absolute power has too much potential to go bad.

@h4890 @monarchist @freepatriot Politicians are concerned with winning elections. The net result is that they are often conflicted between what they actually believe is best vs what they think will win at the polls. If a leader of a typical western liberal country goes to the polls promising massive spending cuts voters will see that as cuts to services and they'll get decimated. A good example would be Peter Dutton of Australia, who was far too honest and got slaughtered.

Working hard and knowing that you will be arrested in the future is a terrible feeling.

@h4890 @korsier @freepatriot

Useful question with an eternal answer: you select your best people by their works in reality, and get them together with others, then make sure intelligent women are available, so you can breed a caste of those born with leadership skills including nobility and gumption.

@h4890 @korsier @freepatriot

I agree here: making markets functional makes them transparent, and lets culture out to play.

@h4890 @freepatriot

The thing people do not realize about Bathory is that Quorthon was a very creative dude with mile-a-minute thinking.

I don't like all of their material but the best album for introduction is "Blood Fire Death."

@h4890 @freepatriot

Hoppe -- who I know only from third party writings -- had a point.

After the French Revolution, monarchy became taboo, and it seriously offends the egalitarians today.

But this suggests it is what they fear, too.

@h4890 @freepatriot

We are entering an age where three people can run a major manufacturing firm by overseeing AIs and robots.

Private ownership means no meddling by the shareholders, and the ability to plan for a long-term future.

For example, if you make bolts, these are not going to change, so you just keep cranking... and reduce staff to the minimum.

@h4890 @freepatriot

We really, really were. He arrested the slide into socialism and the total state.