[FRIAM] How democracies die

[steve smith]

Marcus wrote:
> ?  Perhaps the talk about saving democracy can be put away for now?  I 
> am sure tired of hearing it.   If Trump wins the popular vote, 
> especially.

the ole "tyranny of the majority over the minority" with the twist that 
our voter participation is still tragically low, no matter how seemingly 
high the stakes?   I've been bashing around for predictions on the 
popular vote and whether it ballooned like it did in 2020 but not 
finding it.   The aether is filled with *other* chaff?

We have been playing a near-balanced bimodal distribution in our 
"populist sentiments" and party affiliations for a very long time... 
maybe it is a key feature of the dynamics of a system such as ours.  Is 
it possibly more interesting if not more stable with systems that 
encourage/allow multiple parties/factions more better?   Not clear, 
maybe just a false alternative?   Gotta revisit "3 body system"...

Folks here who are more deeply steeped in Anthropology, Ethnology, Game 
Theory, Dynamical Systems, EcoBiology, Evolutionary Theory, etc. might 
be able to ideate more concisely and meaningfully than I on what a 
"better" system than Democracy might be?

My instincts are to look deep into the "wisdom" of deeply evolved 
biological systems (maybe best at the scale of ecosystems, probably 
global scale?)... but my skills (at least discipline) are sadly lacking 
to do more than scuff the surface.

Maybe ML/AI are in fact the substrate for much faster evolution, 
frothing with fecundity on top of the Compost that is the human record 
of expression (storytelling through Language, Imagery, yet more?).

Back to the "rage and grief"

- Steve
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