“Power selects for a specific personality type”
F.A. Hayek spells this out in Planned Chaos simply and directly in this ~99 page book.
In a centrally planned system, the people who rise are n...
An ideal system of government would be tailored to the indelible realities of human nature. It would cap the population of towns at 150 (Dunbar's Number, Calhoun's Behavioral Sink), and would vest authority locally rather than imposing it nationally (decentralized chain of command).
Basically, use Mayberry from The Andy Griffith Show as the pattern for society; you want the population to live in isolated Mayberries. Everyone knows everyone and society is racially and culturally homogenous, thus crime is negligible if not nonexistent; ideally the historical high-water mark of doors not needing locks would be achievable. In fact, I suspect that an ideal government wouldn't need laws or a formal legal system at all; the Ten Commandments and the local sheriff's discretion would suffice. (The inverse of "corruptissima republica plurimae leges".)
The specifics would of course need to be adjusted for other races; Asians apparently have a much higher Dunbar's Number than Europeans, and negroids historically require a steady stream of violence from their leader to maintain order.
Still, I'm confident that this is the correct approach to governance: start with monarchy as the government implementation of the classical chain of command, then adjust it to a decentralized chain of command, using Dunbar's Number as the unit size.
Basically, use Mayberry from The Andy Griffith Show as the pattern for society; you want the population to live in isolated Mayberries. Everyone knows everyone and society is racially and culturally homogenous, thus crime is negligible if not nonexistent; ideally the historical high-water mark of doors not needing locks would be achievable. In fact, I suspect that an ideal government wouldn't need laws or a formal legal system at all; the Ten Commandments and the local sheriff's discretion would suffice. (The inverse of "corruptissima republica plurimae leges".)
The specifics would of course need to be adjusted for other races; Asians apparently have a much higher Dunbar's Number than Europeans, and negroids historically require a steady stream of violence from their leader to maintain order.
Still, I'm confident that this is the correct approach to governance: start with monarchy as the government implementation of the classical chain of command, then adjust it to a decentralized chain of command, using Dunbar's Number as the unit size.
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