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      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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      @Dashrender said:

      @scottalanmiller said:

      @Dashrender said:

      I'm not sure I think the citizens of Europe tolerate it less - if anything, their leaders are just better.

      How do you think that they get better leaders?

      Frankly I think it comes from the closer ties to the dictators you've mentioned...

      Maybe, but they don't really have that in most countries. If anything, most of Europe is far more democratic. Far more.

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        coliver @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said:

        @scottalanmiller said:

        @Dashrender said:

        I'm not sure I think the citizens of Europe tolerate it less - if anything, their leaders are just better.

        How do you think that they get better leaders?

        Frankly I think it comes from the closer ties to the dictators you've mentioned...

        So dictators are better leaders?

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          Dashrender @coliver
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          @coliver said:

          @Dashrender said:

          @scottalanmiller said:

          @Dashrender said:

          I'm not sure I think the citizens of Europe tolerate it less - if anything, their leaders are just better.

          How do you think that they get better leaders?

          Frankly I think it comes from the closer ties to the dictators you've mentioned...

          So dictators are better leaders?

          according to Scott, yes.

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            scottalanmiller @coliver
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            @coliver said:

            @Dashrender said:

            @scottalanmiller said:

            @Dashrender said:

            I'm not sure I think the citizens of Europe tolerate it less - if anything, their leaders are just better.

            How do you think that they get better leaders?

            Frankly I think it comes from the closer ties to the dictators you've mentioned...

            So dictators are better leaders?

            That's what history generally shows. Yes. Not all, certainly. But over the long look at history, democracies are the most war prone, unhappy societies and dictators are the happiest and most peaceful. That's the long average, of course.

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              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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              @Dashrender said:

              @coliver said:

              @Dashrender said:

              @scottalanmiller said:

              @Dashrender said:

              I'm not sure I think the citizens of Europe tolerate it less - if anything, their leaders are just better.

              How do you think that they get better leaders?

              Frankly I think it comes from the closer ties to the dictators you've mentioned...

              So dictators are better leaders?

              according to Scott, yes.

              According to lots of studies too. That was required stuff from grad work at RIT in IT, as well. Dictators have the most risk in all directions, but on the average, have the most forces (ethics, social pressure, nobles oblige, self serving history, etc.) to make them good.

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                scottalanmiller
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                John Green teaches a good class on that too when he looks at the Greeks vs. Persia and how society lost, big time, when Greece beat Persia and the best culture of the time took a back seat to the mob rule of Greek culture.

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                  Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  @coliver said:

                  @Dashrender said:

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  @Dashrender said:

                  I'm not sure I think the citizens of Europe tolerate it less - if anything, their leaders are just better.

                  How do you think that they get better leaders?

                  Frankly I think it comes from the closer ties to the dictators you've mentioned...

                  So dictators are better leaders?

                  That's what history generally shows. Yes. Not all, certainly. But over the long look at history, democracies are the most war prone, unhappy societies and dictators are the happiest and most peaceful. That's the long average, of course.

                  On one hand this makes sense, as long as the dictator in question isn't out for world domination, and instead of just being at piece and keeping their people safe. A dictator doesn't generally have to answer to anyone, and being the ultimate decider, decides when lessers are being corrupt and should want to shut them down.

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                    Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    but on the average, have the most forces (ethics, social pressure, nobles oblige, self serving history, etc.) to make them good.

                    This is the part that I don't understand. What forces them to be good?

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                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                      @Dashrender said:

                      On one hand this makes sense, as long as the dictator in question isn't out for world domination, ...

                      And also assuming that the democracy is not. Most of the world would say that the US doesn't qualify here and has, for a long time, been a democratic war machine, much like Rome and Greece were when they were Republics. Remember, Roman expansion was under the republic, the contraction was under the Emperors.

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                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said:

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        but on the average, have the most forces (ethics, social pressure, nobles oblige, self serving history, etc.) to make them good.

                        This is the part that I don't understand. What forces them to be good?

                        Nothing FORCES them, it is that there are more pressures. Democracies have essentially nothing pressuring them to be good, dictators have many things.

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                          scottalanmiller
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                          It's not that dictators are good, but that the results are that they are better. Better doesn't imply good.

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                            Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @Dashrender said:

                            On one hand this makes sense, as long as the dictator in question isn't out for world domination, ...

                            And also assuming that the democracy is not. Most of the world would say that the US doesn't qualify here and has, for a long time, been a democratic war machine, much like Rome and Greece were when they were Republics. Remember, Roman expansion was under the republic, the contraction was under the Emperors.

                            In recent times I've definitely come to believe that the US is just out for expansion... it sickens me.

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                              coliver @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              @coliver said:

                              @Dashrender said:

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              @Dashrender said:

                              I'm not sure I think the citizens of Europe tolerate it less - if anything, their leaders are just better.

                              How do you think that they get better leaders?

                              Frankly I think it comes from the closer ties to the dictators you've mentioned...

                              So dictators are better leaders?

                              That's what history generally shows. Yes. Not all, certainly. But over the long look at history, democracies are the most war prone, unhappy societies and dictators are the happiest and most peaceful. That's the long average, of course.

                              I agree for the most part. I was trying to make a point.

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                                coliver @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                @Dashrender said:

                                @coliver said:

                                @Dashrender said:

                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                @Dashrender said:

                                I'm not sure I think the citizens of Europe tolerate it less - if anything, their leaders are just better.

                                How do you think that they get better leaders?

                                Frankly I think it comes from the closer ties to the dictators you've mentioned...

                                So dictators are better leaders?

                                according to Scott, yes.

                                According to lots of studies too. That was required stuff from grad work at RIT in IT, as well. Dictators have the most risk in all directions, but on the average, have the most forces (ethics, social pressure, nobles oblige, self serving history, etc.) to make them good.

                                I wish I that class had been available to me. It wasn't in my track at RIT.

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                                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                                  @Dashrender said:

                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  @Dashrender said:

                                  On one hand this makes sense, as long as the dictator in question isn't out for world domination, ...

                                  And also assuming that the democracy is not. Most of the world would say that the US doesn't qualify here and has, for a long time, been a democratic war machine, much like Rome and Greece were when they were Republics. Remember, Roman expansion was under the republic, the contraction was under the Emperors.

                                  In recent times I've definitely come to believe that the US is just out for expansion... it sickens me.

                                  How do you mean that...

                                  In recent times your opinion has changed?

                                  or

                                  Your opinion is that recently the US now does this?

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                                    scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                    @coliver said:

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    @Dashrender said:

                                    @coliver said:

                                    @Dashrender said:

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    @Dashrender said:

                                    I'm not sure I think the citizens of Europe tolerate it less - if anything, their leaders are just better.

                                    How do you think that they get better leaders?

                                    Frankly I think it comes from the closer ties to the dictators you've mentioned...

                                    So dictators are better leaders?

                                    according to Scott, yes.

                                    According to lots of studies too. That was required stuff from grad work at RIT in IT, as well. Dictators have the most risk in all directions, but on the average, have the most forces (ethics, social pressure, nobles oblige, self serving history, etc.) to make them good.

                                    I wish I that class had been available to me. It wasn't in my track at RIT.

                                    International Project Management

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                                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      On one hand this makes sense, as long as the dictator in question isn't out for world domination, ...

                                      And also assuming that the democracy is not. Most of the world would say that the US doesn't qualify here and has, for a long time, been a democratic war machine, much like Rome and Greece were when they were Republics. Remember, Roman expansion was under the republic, the contraction was under the Emperors.

                                      In recent times I've definitely come to believe that the US is just out for expansion... it sickens me.

                                      How do you mean that...

                                      In recent times your opinion has changed?

                                      or

                                      Your opinion is that recently the US now does this?

                                      that my opinion has changed. I believe that corporate control of the US has driven us to be expansionist for a long time!

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                                        coliver @Dashrender
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                                        @Dashrender said:

                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        @Dashrender said:

                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        @Dashrender said:

                                        On one hand this makes sense, as long as the dictator in question isn't out for world domination, ...

                                        And also assuming that the democracy is not. Most of the world would say that the US doesn't qualify here and has, for a long time, been a democratic war machine, much like Rome and Greece were when they were Republics. Remember, Roman expansion was under the republic, the contraction was under the Emperors.

                                        In recent times I've definitely come to believe that the US is just out for expansion... it sickens me.

                                        How do you mean that...

                                        In recent times your opinion has changed?

                                        or

                                        Your opinion is that recently the US now does this?

                                        that my opinion has changed. I believe that corporate control of the US has driven us to be expansionist for a long time!

                                        We've been expansionist for a long time. The war of 1812 was the result in part of US Expansion.

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                                          coliver @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          @coliver said:

                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          @coliver said:

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          I'm not sure I think the citizens of Europe tolerate it less - if anything, their leaders are just better.

                                          How do you think that they get better leaders?

                                          Frankly I think it comes from the closer ties to the dictators you've mentioned...

                                          So dictators are better leaders?

                                          according to Scott, yes.

                                          According to lots of studies too. That was required stuff from grad work at RIT in IT, as well. Dictators have the most risk in all directions, but on the average, have the most forces (ethics, social pressure, nobles oblige, self serving history, etc.) to make them good.

                                          I wish I that class had been available to me. It wasn't in my track at RIT.

                                          International Project Management

                                          Nope, unfortunately that wasn't on my track.

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                                            brianlittlejohn @coliver
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                                            @coliver said:

                                            @Dashrender said:

                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            @Dashrender said:

                                            I'm not sure I think the citizens of Europe tolerate it less - if anything, their leaders are just better.

                                            How do you think that they get better leaders?

                                            Frankly I think it comes from the closer ties to the dictators you've mentioned...

                                            So dictators are better leaders?

                                            I would be one hell of a dictator 😉

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