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0 pointsJumpCrisscross14d ago0 comments

> Is there actually a benefit? Or are we just watching the slow motion collapse of another empire convinced of its own immortality?

These aren’t mutually exclusive. The world is better off for Athens and the Roman and Harrapan and Haudenosaunee republics. (Book request: history of the republic. I’ve struggled to find one.)

The CCP with internal elections was interesting and a genuine riposte to broadly-enfranchised republics. Xi as a dictator is not, not.

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BoredPositron14d ago

But we are not talking about china.

JumpCrisscrossOP14d ago

> But we are not talking about china

Author literally is.

BoredPositron14d ago

And in this subthread we are talking about republics which you are keen to mention china isn't.

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0 pointsJumpCrisscross14d ago0 comments

> Is there actually a benefit? Or are we just watching the slow motion collapse of another empire convinced of its own immortality?

These aren’t mutually exclusive. The world is better off for Athens and the Roman and Harrapan and Haudenosaunee republics. (Book request: history of the republic. I’ve struggled to find one.)

The CCP with internal elections was interesting and a genuine riposte to broadly-enfranchised republics. Xi as a dictator is not, not.

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BoredPositron14d ago

But we are not talking about china.

JumpCrisscrossOP14d ago

> But we are not talking about china

Author literally is.

BoredPositron14d ago

And in this subthread we are talking about republics which you are keen to mention china isn't.

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