Caspar
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There have been a lot of political thinkers, social
commentators, and philosophers over the ages whether Plato and Aristotle or Locke and Hobbes or Marx and Engels. I generally take after Aristotle's tripartite model for the types of governments, but since I figure people would want more options than that, I tossed in a few more. Yes, communism and anarchism are kinds of utopian ideals - unless they can "perfect" human nature, you won't achieve those sorts of an existence so long as jealousy, greed, the desire to be irresponsible, and vanity remain such heavy motivators for human action. I lump technocracy in with aristocracy since they functionally mean the same thing and degenerate into the same thing under Aristotle's model - that is Oligarchy. Otherwise, I'm uncertain how many people here are familiar with NRx thinkers like Nick Land or Moldbug aka Curtis Yarvin, if you are, your thoughts on them?
Why advocate what you do? If you advocate pure pragmatism, then I ask: what do you think about ideals and the mystique around certain governments and can pure pragmatism produce longevity?
Why advocate what you do? If you advocate pure pragmatism, then I ask: what do you think about ideals and the mystique around certain governments and can pure pragmatism produce longevity?
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