Re: CHAT: Multi-Lingos

On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:

> None that we know of, at any rate.  I've often felt that there MUST be a
> better way to choose leaders than what is essentially a popularity
> contest.
I've always liked the benevolent dictator idea, but then you get the "who
will guard the guardians?" syndrome, and as far as I can tell, you might
get the Five Good Emperors if you're lucky, and then the system breaks down.

I've noticed that in Mercedes Lackey's fantasies (which I don't
necessarily always like), particularly the Valdemar novels, the only way
she can get a near-ideal government is by something like divine
intervention.  :-/  I've thought about the problem and haven't come up
with anything better...not that I'm a political theorist.

YHL