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Best type of state
Topic Started: Mar 12 2018, 09:12 AM (64 Views)
Jinfengopteryx
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What the title says.

I want to add a poll, but I am not sure about the options. There are so many types of government, so I don't know what I want to include and what to exclude. I have representative democracy, direct democracy, monarchy, autocracy, theocracy and anarchy on my list so far.

The ideal type of state for me would be form of theocracy AIcracy ruled by a benevolent AI. However, no such AI exists today and programming it would be very hard. For now, I go with representative democracy. The more utopian forms are IMO not viable and the only other forms that can compete are the authoritarian ones which have comparatively less liberty and a worse human rights record (they are arguably also less stable than a democracy).

EDIT: Move this to general discussion, please! Thanks!
Edited by Jinfengopteryx, Mar 12 2018, 11:28 AM.
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Soopairik
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Do you want me to move this to General Political Discussion, or was this intentional?
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Jinfengopteryx
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I did not even see that I was in the US politics zone. I for a moment even forgot that there was a division between the two. I just exited the Republican thread and thought I was in the right zone.
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Xanny
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Theocracy is state governed by a religious authority not a technological one.

The best form of state atm is Representative Democracy but best almosg implies it isn't a senseless and self destructive as the rest of them.
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Jinfengopteryx
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Xanny
Mar 12 2018, 11:12 AM
Theocracy is state governed by a religious authority not a technological one.
I have to admit that the "theocracy" part was a bit tongue-in-cheek because some futurists (like Ray Kurzweil) like comparing superintelligent AIs to gods. Maybe I should change it to make it look more like a joke.
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Soopairik
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Hmmm... technocracy?
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Jinfengopteryx
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A technocracy describes a state ruled by scientists and engineers, not their products (though it could go hand in hand).
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Xanny
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Romania is a majority technocracy due to most politicians are remains of the Soviet Government.
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