From Pathetically Weak Democracy to Monarchy
Author: Douglass Carmichael Issue: 2024-11-20
From Pathetically Weak Democracy to Monarchy
by Douglass Carmichael
Democracies tend to concentrate power and turn into monarchies. We are full steam ahead into that cycle. A reading of history supports the conclusion.
The problem for us is that we face a society organized around Economics, and not enough on the quality of life and well-being.
But here's the rub. Climate change requires a centralized world government acting on the whole. The trouble is that the centralized government we are likely to get is not a bureaucracy of experts but an emptied bureaucracy in parallel with a poorly educated monarchy acting on its own interests.
AI will play an important part in cutting most employees, and the key issue I see is how will income be distributed, if there is any income.
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- Douglass Carmichael (author)
- 2024 (year)
- Topics: Climate and Environment