I'm not pro #democracy. I think democracy is __as flawed__ as other systems, as the problem is the #state itself, but with a very dangerous ideological component - that of #self-government. Democracy proponents defend that through elections and polls we express and participate in government, and that as such, democratically-generated decisions are legitimate and that we're ruling ourselves when we stab ourselves in the neck.

This is obviously not the case. Democracy is as autocratic as a monarchy is at the individual level, but it's autocracy through an ideological backdoor. This makes people much more compliant and sedated, and I believe drives us towards #Tocqueville's soft #despotism.

I'm not endorsing any other particular system, by the way. I do believe democracy can be valuable at the small scale, where #assemblies are viable and there's actually a chance of representing yourself. But it is no guarantee, nor an ideological good in and of itself.

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