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Democracy selects/elects for sociopaths over time.

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💬 While class consciousness and economic thinking divide a nation horizontally, holistic national consciousness unites a nation vertically.

Cf the cyclical dance throughout history acted out by incompatible mindsets of Spatials and Temporals—a dance Michael McConkey picked out and fleshed out in extended series of characteristically scholarly essays 😊 --> thecirculationofelites.substack.com/p/spatials-v-temporals

🗨 Space biased media, institutions, and related societies, tended to emphasize expansion through commercial, administrative, or military means. Time biased examples of the same emphasized durability through a focus on religion, tradition, and history.

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