Universal suffrage and progressive governance (social engineering) were promoted as benevolent updates to the Western democratic system to create a fairer, more just, and kinder world. Like so many utopian fairytales designed to put an end to abusive systems of the past, these alleged solutions to the shortcomings of older hierarchical democratic systems seemed unquestionably sensible and profoundly moral — at least in theory. And yet, wherever this modern updated version of democracy was introduced, including in the West itself, the result has been an unmitigated disaster as the destructive incentives created by these "updates" take their toll.
Why did these 20th-century "updates" to Western democracy fail both Western and non-Western societies alike, leading to corrupt and tyrannical strongman rule in so many countries outside of the West and to the suffocating bureaucratic stagnation, rampant corruption, and growing resentment that is now threatening to tear the West itself apart? By taking stock of what went wrong, a series of new updates present themselves to fix what was broken.
Republics throughout history tend to get replaced by strongmen who promise to sweep aside the tyranny of dysfunctional democracy if the chaos is allowed to go on for too long. Retreating back into the past in which many were denied access to political representation is also not an acceptable solution.
But there is another way...
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Universal suffrage and progressive governance (social engineering) were promoted as benevolent updates to the Western democratic system to create a fairer, more just, and kinder world. Like so many utopian fairytales designed to put an end to abusive systems of the past, the alleged solutions to the shortcomings of older hierarchical democratic systems seemed unquestionably sensible and profoundly moral - at least in theory. And yet, wherever this modern updated version of democracy was introduced, including in the West itself, the result has been an unmitigated disaster as the destructive incentives of these "updates" take their toll. In this essay, Julius Ruechel explores why these "updates" to Western democracy failed both Western and non-Western societies alike, leading to corrupt and tyrannical strongman rule in so many countries outside of the West and to the suffocating bureaucratic stagnation, rampant corruption, and growing resentment that is now threatening to tear the West itself apart. From this story, a series of new updates emerge to fix what was broken. Retreating to the past in which many were denied access to political representation is not an option. But republics tend to transform themselves into strongman rule to escape dysfunctional democracy if the chaos is allowed to continue for too long. There is another way. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9798344217345
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