Non-partisan political question here.

This one is just for fun. If we took popular democracy where everyone gets a vote off the table, what do you think the best way to run a government would be?

Pure monocratic autocracy?
Oligarchy of nobility?
Oligarchy of money?
Military rule?
Limited democracy where only certain classes get a vote?

Would it be good to be one big, single nation?
An empire with numerous provinces?
A federation or confederation of semiautonomous states?
A return to city-states?

There have been so many different ways to run things over the years. It's just that right now we happen to be mostly democratic or semi-democratic republics.

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Cierzo · M

Small city-states where peopke know each other, oligarchy of nobility.

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@Cierzo I didn't expect this many people to come out in favor of having a noble class. Everyone has so far. Are most humans actually naturally subservient?

Cierzo · M

@Xuan12 I think they are intelligent and prefer the best to rule instead of bureocrats or bootlickers.

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@Cierzo So, perhaps not a hereditary nobility, and more of a meritocratic technocracy?

Cierzo · M

@Xuan12 A combination of both. Hereditary monarchy as a symbol of the permanence of the state in time, surrounded with a meritocratic council.

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@Cierzo I'm not sure I would agree with that, unless the size and power of nation was reduced. Having such a figure as a king of a nation as powerful as the USA seems like a recipe for disaster to me. But if nations were smaller and weaker on average than they are now, I think it might be workable.

Cierzo · M

@Xuan12 The ideal nation for me is the city-state, not the monstruous states we have today. But not only are we far from that ideal, but getting further with global institutions like EU, so nowadays I take a realistic stand and support nation-state against them.