- 06 Dec 2017 20:30
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And thus is a different claim from the original claim that democracies will inevitably lead to corruption, inefficiency, and expanding power.
I can think of democracies that fell for other reasons, such as invasion.
So I will dismiss these claims as probably being incorrect.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...
Victoribus Spolia wrote:I never claimed causation in the logical sense, and indeed, ALL observations of physical and historical phenomena are and can only be correlations, as no physical or historical event can be said to be composed of a logically necessary relationship; however, the reason the senate fell is for the same reasons democracies have been historically known to fall, which is because of corruption, inefficiency, and expanding power. This is meant to be an inductive and not a deductive inference. Which should go without saying.
And thus is a different claim from the original claim that democracies will inevitably lead to corruption, inefficiency, and expanding power.
I can think of democracies that fell for other reasons, such as invasion.
No I will not, because this is not a legitimate request of evidence for debate, but an act of trolling and sophistry.
So I will dismiss these claims as probably being incorrect.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...