PC: A totalitarian state run by a group
- Thread starter Roches
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I dunno. The two Roman triumvirates and the Directoire show group leadership as inherently unstable. I'm trying to think of a time in history when government has truly functioned without a chief executive - Switzerland? The United States under the Articles of Confederation?
But particularly in a totalitarian state, I think nature abhors a vacuum. Dress it up in any ideology you one, a totalitarian nation is ruled by a god-king.
But particularly in a totalitarian state, I think nature abhors a vacuum. Dress it up in any ideology you one, a totalitarian nation is ruled by a god-king.
Nothing prevents a parliamentary democracy from going totalitarian. Nothing about parliaments guarantee free speech or right of dissent.
OK, make an absolute monarchy. Have it go on 7+ uncontested successions. Then the son is super smart but too lazy to actually rule, so he hires people to "run the country and think about it." No one dares removing the monarchy since they are ruling in his name and the monarchy has too much legitimacy. The first group of rulers once the lazy prince becomes king is his friends. As power hungry people come into court, they all try to win his favor. The de facto rulers ends up being a hodge-podge of people who can't end the charade.
OK, make an absolute monarchy. Have it go on 7+ uncontested successions. Then the son is super smart but too lazy to actually rule, so he hires people to "run the country and think about it." No one dares removing the monarchy since they are ruling in his name and the monarchy has too much legitimacy. The first group of rulers once the lazy prince becomes king is his friends. As power hungry people come into court, they all try to win his favor. The de facto rulers ends up being a hodge-podge of people who can't end the charade.
