Why would anything good ever happen?
>>46705878
Like a good&new&western-translated video game for the franchise ?
Or better, a RPG-system that is composed of space wargame and political conflict ?
>There are people on /tg/ right now that think that living in a democracy is better than to live under a enlightned autocrat.
>>46706298
The political system doesn't really matter. What matters is whether the leader is an asswipe or not.
>>46706315
It certainly matters, decisions in a democracy are slow as fuck it's inherit to it's system, autocracy can make a fast decision and you don't need to waste time trying to persuade others.
>>46706340
And that's why you REALLY need autocracy leader to not be an asswipe. Because otherwise you get people like that vaguely- roman guy with planetary shields at the helm.
>>46706095
Is Yang Wenli the artist opinion of what the best Military Leader a democracy can get?
>>46706425
Define best.
If you mean the most brilliant, maybe ;
Else, his integrity was a liability, and he could have ended (and further won) the war.
>>46706449
I mean by the fact he seemed to be not guided by ambition atleast not enough to endanger the system.
>>46706461
Some military officers showed enough ambitions and were not endangering the system (I'm thinking about Eisenhower, victor of WWII, and then president, then detractor of the militaro-industrial complex).
But I can't really speak for the author.
>>46706370
But you forgot than in the series, the council of the Alliance order a risky full scale invasion of the Empire, just in order to win the next elections.
You REALLY need democratic leaders not to be asswipes too.
>>46706298
>there is a poster right here that is pretending an enlightened autocrat is something that exists outside of hypothericals
>>46706671
He was the one that came the closest to it, or you think the idelas of the french revolution weren't good?
>>46706671
>Napoleon
>Augustus
>The Five Good Emperors
>Frederick the Great
They are really rare though and for every good rule there's a thousand shitters which is Yang's entire point when he talks to Reinhard about not wanting to change sides.
>>46706806
The problem of democracy is the vicious cycle.
>the majority of the people aren't educated
>they give the decision-making privileges to the selected few
>the selected few do everything in their power to keep people from educating themselves
>rinse, repeat
>>46706852
That vicious cycle isn't specific to democracy, it's Human Politics 101. I guess the expectation that the system should avert said vicious cycle probably is specific to democracy though.
>>46706852
The show went out of its way to show that both systems of government would eventually decay and be replaced by a strong leader or totally collapse.
It's argueable that Yang could have done to the FPA the same Reinhard did for the Empire and totally revitalize it under a military junta but he decided in the end to let the opportunity pass because for him the people needed to learn from its mistakes, at the end of the day what you need is the right people at the right time.
Is democracy really the policy of making friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX12NVUhceI
>;_;7
>>46706806
>Washington
>Lincoln
>Churchill
They are really rare too, no ?
I mean, judging by the scope of history, monarch who are unknown are sometimes not horrible peoples or shitters, but decent ruler no more. As for in every democracies, every ruler is not forcefully a genius one or a moron ; they may be just average.
For each and any of the good men in democracies, how many politicians are hated for their policies ?
It's not a problem of systems, it's a problem of people. And the flaws of the rulers in other kind of government are aggravated in order to support the current one.
>>46705878
"Good" and "bad" only exist in relation to one another. If everything is bad, then nothing is bad, it's just normal. It's like saying "what if it only went up to 3/10": if it did, then 3 would be good, 2 would be average, 1 would be bad, and there would be no >3/10. For bad things to happen, good things must also happen.
Just fucking watched ep 25
why he had to die?
and that bazooka is cheat
>>46707655
Best or worst way to try to kill an autocrat.
>>46706607
>You REALLY need democratic leaders not to be asswipes too.
Difference is you have no one but yourself to blame because those asswipes are in position they are thanks to your votes. As far as efficiency goes autocracy is much better under a good autocrat because, by design, it circumvents the voices of many and gets things done faster.
>>46707982
You're preaching a converted here
>>46707982
>autocracies are more efficient
Right, that's why modern autocracies are beacons of progress and democratic countries aren't in the middle of historically unprecedented development speeds and still accelerating. Also why the Renaissance happened for no other reason than that more people attained information and knowledge and thus had more influence on societal development.
Communism is Science
>>46708049
Because the cities-states that "caused" the Renaissances descended in a fuckload of wars, treacheries, coup and other happy things that ended when a king united Italy, while the big countries furthered these advancements.
It's not a question of technological advencement or enlightement, it's about reforms.
Russia is a modern autocracy, and if something would happen then, reforms would happen much faster than say, in GB, USA or Germany.
>>46708121
imagine what will happen to Motherland when Putin suddenly dead
>>46708201
Maybe some competent people will take the lead, maybe some moron.
Imagine when Obama will not be president anymore.
>>46706298
We need an enlightened autocrat ruling America that gets rid of the democratic process for a generation, focuses a good chunk of resources on education, and near the end of his natural life re institute the democratic government, but with some major changes like completely abolishing the party system. Republicans and Democrat parties were a mistake.
>>46710760
>>46710760
We can barely produce a functioning president, what makes you think America would end up with an enlightened autocrat instead of Emperor Trump?
>>46710845
I didn't say it was realistic. Just what we could really use.
I also think that people with brain cells don't go into politics cause of how fucked up it is. It's why we have a bunch of idiots in the dugout for presidential candidates. I'd put good money that there are people on /tg/ right now that could be a better president than most of the current candidates right now.
>>46708121
The Renaissance progressed in a whole lot more than technology. There were tons of reform. Technology just made it happen. Gonna need some explanation for what kind of reform would happen more easily in Russia than elsewhere, and why.
>>46710921
Frankly the first disqualification for political office should be the desire to run for it. Replace government with a citizen draft akin to jury service and we might just get something fucking done once in a while.
>>46710921
No, the smartest people only avoid politics because there are much better ways to rule to world. They run corporations or three-letter-agencies.
>>46706370
SPACE NAPALM
