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Is that "Democracy - The God That Failed" book, or he wrote another one I am unaware of (though TBF, I haven't yet even read this one)?

Because increase in size (and capability) of central government promotes political centralization, and increase in centralization promotes growth in government. A monarch is basically the minimum of government possible. Now, as far as decision-making goes, it might be possible (with modern...

What I meant was in terms of municipal rights. Not in terms of the central government. In fact, "government" of the Roman Republic was just government of Rome itself, and all other cities had their own governments, but were beholden to Rome through various treatises. So changing Roman government...

Modern anarchists just destroy crap instead of building anything. But if you look at the original definition of anarchism - "sceptical of authority and rejects all involuntary, coercive forms of hierarchy" - my ideas are actually quite similar to it, just not as extreme. Anarchists believe in no...

I am here to vent. Matter of the fact is, if you are going to do anything - especially in a democracy - you need to build up a support base. Which means brainwashing people. So unless some major catastrophe happens, doing anything is nearly impossible. I would like to implement it, yes. But...

Figure out what is the smallest functional unit in a modern society, and then give it the greatest practical freedoms. Ideally, each political unit from municipality up would be able to have full authority in its own internal affairs, while the unit above it would regulate relationships with...

Similar to. But maybe better model would be Roman Republic, but with monarchy instead.

I was not certain whether I should post this here, but what the hell... it is philosophy, after all, even if it is personal one. So without further ado... ---------------------------------------------------...