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> The solution to Kings and Tyranny is not highly trained Kings with great people skills.

This is a wonderful quote! Is it yours?

I think you’ve captured the problem perfectly, but I’m not sure democracy is the solution. Democracies don’t seems capable of distributing rewards in any sensible way. I think Plato’s philosopher kings may be the best we can do.



As far as I know. But if I am going to go down in posterity for it I want a rewrite for pith

> The solution to the tyranny of Kings cannot be a King with better people skills.




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