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Anonymous 25/11/03(Mon)16:26 No. 16942
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In regards to the below excerpt-- should the ruler be an individual or an insular clique, then yes, they'll elevate themselves above the /masses/ and /liberate/ themselves so as to indulge at will and without restraint, however, should rule be vested in the populace, then the rulers (the people) will elevate themselves above humanity (namely it's carnal proclivities), however, should that rule not apply equally, then tyranny and trickle-down corruption.

"Sima Tan described the fa school (Fajia) as emphasizing administrative protocols that ignore kinship and social status, treating everyone equally and thereby elevating the ruler above humanity"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy)

further reading,、yamabushichan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Schools_of_Thought
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Blavatsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci7VK75sMsY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUw3iSRCYwM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NIvo7z3Z90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWaljXUiCaE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYJckFq-K_M


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Anonymous 25/11/03(Mon)16:33 No. 16943

There has never been a system of governance without an elite core at the helm.

Also the median person is dumb af.


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Anonymous 25/11/03(Mon)19:25 No. 16946
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>>16943
Perhaps optimists would simply ascribe their condition to complacency, and the point is moreso that the governing elite (a (highly) subjective term) must be held to account/standards (regardless of their role).

~

To be sure, indulgence is an inevitability, in hereditary systems you can have a philosopher king one day and a tween-tyrant the next, and in less pompous might-makes-right (or more aptly, barbarism-makes-dumb) regimes their very nature rewards and necessitates depravity/regression/intolerance which is ultimately deleterious to society, certainly modern complex (socially and technically) ones. Indeed, is there a modern civilization that employs such governance, that is not materially/culturally impoverished (even if they have a superficial facade to the contrary)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUC2EQvdzmY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIXUgtNC4Kc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eDkFlVSwnk



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