Actually I've talked about this quite extensively in the past. I kind of assume the standard arguments should have been background knowledge especially since many people here read Moldbug.
See The Anti-Singularity for example.
Thank you for the link. I read it but not super carefully. It didn't seem to have anything to do with superior alternatives to democracy.
I suppose the implicit background knowledge I have is the quote from Churchill:
Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
If you have looked at fascism in its various tried fo...
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And voting adds legitimacy to it.
Thank you.
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