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i appreciate your input and discourse, but i think i disagree on a few key points. you can tell how well a system works in this scenario.
if a system of governance collapse under the stress of the majority of the population becoming disinterested in civics, it isn’t a good system of governance. it is predictable that the status quo would have came about, our institutions are just not build for an inevitability; and that is a patent weakness. western thought has a weird fetish for democracy as some sort of penultimate form of governance but if democracy has historically always decayed into authoritarianism it’d be naive to insist on rabidly defending it bc not only can we do better, we have a responsibility to do better. we collectively have blood on our hands as a consequence of our inability to affect change.
i don’t know what the answers are. but i know what we’re doing is misguided and leads to inevitable human suffering. there is no way to absolve ourselves of that sin, we can only move forwards.
i am strongly of the belief that zero-knowledge and trustless systems will form the bedrock of future governance. trust cannot be a factor as it is a fickle maiden. you don’t question the character sheets or narrator in d&d implicitly, not because you trust everyone around you but because, with a good DM who enforces the rules, the system will work out in a way that is amicable to all parties. this isn’t the best example bc i’m kind of tipsy rn tbh, there’s still trust involved in that system, but it is the most colloquial example i can think of without using abstract shit straight out of my textbooks on math and logic.
again, sorry if my reply is subpar. kind of drunk tonight lmao. appreciate the discourse and civility tho. i love that about lemmy. it’s why i stick around here. and just to clarify - my position is not advocating authoritarianism or anything crazy like that. i’m just kind of recognizing that western liberal democracy has flaws that are so egregious as to be responsible for tragedy. we are culpable for that and i feel strongly about our collective responsibility to do better. we have a way, but do we have a will?
edit: you’re my 200th comment on lemmy, btw! congrats!!