[MD] Distinguishing Levels

[craigerb at comcast.net]

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 

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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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