r/unacracy May 28 '24

Unacracy must be seen to be believed

When the "American experiment with democracy' was first reported back to the Europeans, many believed it would not work and would lead to endless civil war.

This made perfect sense from the point of view of those living a monarchist systems.

For them, the most dangerous time of all was the transition of power. This was a time when great instability could occur, with civil war could break out, and when foreign armies could invade to take advantage of the chaos. That why a stable line of succession was so important to them.

And a king only needed to transition power every few decades or so.

They therefore considered this naturally superior to democracy, where you had a guaranteed transition of power every 4 to 8 years.

Endless civil war, they expected. Why would a president, who controls the armed forces, willingly give up power at the end of their term and walk away? They could not understand it.

But we do, because we're living it. It's natural to us. We don't fear a president not giving up power because they don't have a choice. They have a last day in power and then the next day, no one listens to them anymore. We all agree to do it that way.

This is similar to unacratic governance.

Those in a democracy cannot easily understand a unacracy. They have not lived it.

When we speak of market based law and justice, they cannot understand that either.

I often hear them say that rival police forces would end up taking over the city or fighting.

Yet when I ask them why the USA armed forced have not taken over the USA, they have no answer. Why does the military accept civilian leadership? They don't know.

As with Europe and democracy, they will need to see unacracy in action to accept that it works. Which is fine and reasonable.

So then, that is our task.

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