<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>LynAlden wrote</title><author_name>LynAlden (npub1a2…cw83a)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>The problem is, military power does scale.&#xA;&#xA;So 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).</html></oembed>