{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"LynAlden wrote","author_name":"LynAlden (npub1a2…cw83a)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"The problem is, military power does scale.\n\nSo to the extent that this is true, some governments are likely to become and remain quite big, and thus we have the question: do we want them democratic or authoritarian? I’d pick democratic and with a division of powers (and  limited by a constitution to protect bedrock liberties)."}