tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post7675500546381719498..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: The Worst Get on Topgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-8369220139973749442014-03-27T15:50:21.338-04:002014-03-27T15:50:21.338-04:00Perhaps it's that for the future despot to hav...Perhaps it's that for the future despot to have the drive to rise to the top requires a grand vision, something which would no doubt turn into a centrally planned society.Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-28369926786616900102014-03-27T15:38:03.147-04:002014-03-27T15:38:03.147-04:00The only nation that's a completely or almost ...The only nation that's a completely or almost completely centrally planned society that exists without many of the horrors committed by Hitler/Mao/Stalin-types is Cuba. Granted, they engage in censorship, fake trials, and a host of other abuses, but it's nothing that comes anywhere close to North Korea, the only country that is more planned than them. Cuba is authoritarian rather than totalitarian.Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-87426347568590829662014-03-27T08:04:41.571-04:002014-03-27T08:04:41.571-04:00Yes that is a problem. Nothing in this fallen worl...Yes that is a problem. Nothing in this fallen world is perfect. But democracies also have elections in which the results are questioned: see US, 2000, Crimea, 2014, etc. gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-36468070089177685432014-03-27T03:29:17.677-04:002014-03-27T03:29:17.677-04:00One of the problems with monarchy is that it is no...One of the problems with monarchy is that it is not always absolutely clear who has a better claim to the throne. In the past there have been very long and protracted conflicts between several people with plausible claims to the same throne.E. Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865568282801105942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-55026377253994099812014-03-27T01:23:41.550-04:002014-03-27T01:23:41.550-04:00Hayek was talking especially of regimes with full ...Hayek was talking especially of regimes with full central planning, but the principle extends, I think.<br /><br />I haven't looked at that chapter in a while, but I think it's pretty basic: in a struggle to see who will wield power, the ruthless have an edgegcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-66203736213865411382014-03-27T01:20:46.643-04:002014-03-27T01:20:46.643-04:00Did Hayek ever give any possible explanations for ...Did Hayek ever give any possible explanations for why the scum rises to the top? I'm personally a fan of representative democracy, constitutional republicanism, and presidentialism over monarchy, but I've got no love for populist despotism (something which has a rather bloody track record as you note).Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.com