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Good_Burning_Plastic comments on Politics: an undervalued opportunity to change the world? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: slicedtoad 14 August 2015 04:06:23PM 1 point [-]

"solution to government" means "solution to the problem of how organise society".

If "except for all the others" only includes those that have been tried, then I mostly agree. But if it includes all possible forms of social organisation, I strongly disagree. The idea that we've reached the best solution and it barely works is similar to the idea that we will never solve death. Either of those could be true, but there is not nearly evidence to stop us from trying.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 14 August 2015 07:32:25PM 3 points [-]

If "except for all the others" only includes those that have been tried, then I mostly agree.

The original wording of that quote indeed was "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."

Comment author: slicedtoad 14 August 2015 08:16:37PM 0 points [-]

Hmm, yeah, I thought I remembered that quote having such a clause.