[MD] Distinguishing Levels

[ian glendinning]

Craig,

That would be a very unstable system.

Those in solitary confinement would evolve a plan to escape and
overthrow such a dictator. That model is unstable BECAUSE is has lousy
quality.

You're not taking this seriously :-)
Ian

On 5/31/06, craigerb at comcast.net <craigerb at comcast.net> wrote:
> Ian,
> There are countless models more stable than the one you suggested.
> For instance, we let one sadist with a whip be dictator & everyone else is placed in solitary confinement.  The trick is to have a stable model that has some quality.
> Craig
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "ian glendinning" <psybertron at gmail.com>
>
> > Craig,
> >
> > In response to my point you said ...
> > "Even if this were true, there is much more to the model than its stability."
> >
> > That is of course true, there are many points one could make, but it
> > was single point in response to Khaled's very specific point about the
> > experience and fear of failure (instability) of so-called good systems
> > of government (like democracies and benevolent dictatorships, ...)
> >
> > Do you have any point you'd like to make about what I actually said
> > other than the rhetorical opener "even if it were true" ? Like, you
> > disagree, or have an alternative opinion, or don't see it as relevant
> > or interesting ?
> >
> > Ian
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