casual thoughts, an epiphany about leninism/stalinism 

brain: well we want the people to be in charge, right?

but constantly shifting out members of government is inefficient, so if we get a benevolent dictator and have the people submit law proposals to them...

...wait, this is how horrible dictatorships start

casual thoughts, an epiphany about leninism/stalinism 

@lizardsquid I don't know anything about this sort of thing, but I feel like if you want the people to be in charge you'd have to cut out as much bullshit as possible and make the threshold for voicing one's political opinion as low as you can.

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casual thoughts, an epiphany about leninism/stalinism 

@BatElite yes, and you also need the people in charge to be accountable, and for the people to be able to oust them at a moment's notice

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