09-08-2019, 02:34 PM | #591 |
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Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems
Could be done with any gambling game, presumably. It brings to mind a skit from the Chapelle’s Show, wherein a man becomes the richest man in the United States thanks to a lucky streak in dice.
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09-08-2019, 02:59 PM | #592 |
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Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems
Absolutely. Or chess, go, any game.
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09-09-2019, 12:18 AM | #593 |
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Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems
Imagine a state, based at least in theory on the Peter Principle.
Summary of the Peter Principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle Real life is more complicated than that, of course. Still, imagine a state organized around a bureaucratic hierarchy in which promotion is regularly granted to successful members...but there's a time limit. If the newly promoted official proves inept at his job and doesn't improve within the time limit, he is demoted back down to the level below...permanently, or else retired. It wouldn't work for long, but it might work long enough to serve the OP purposes.
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09-09-2019, 06:44 AM | #594 | |
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Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems
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09-09-2019, 08:22 AM | #595 | |
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*In days of old Indian Army officers were not allowed above a certain rank for fear of mutiny until the Empire started phasing out. Native subalterns and warrants were called Viceroy's Commissioned Officers. When policy changed it took decades to find and educate officer class material, not to mention dealing with social difficulties. In this case it is not meant to prevent mutiny but to provide a class of authorities with local familiarity in any given department.
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09-09-2019, 08:29 AM | #596 | |
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Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems
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*Cassia is supposedly the god of Chess
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09-09-2019, 09:00 AM | #597 |
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Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems
Rulership by the loudest voice. Whoever can outshout his fellow citizens gets to rule.
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09-09-2019, 09:10 AM | #598 |
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Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems
Do they have a decibel counter?
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09-09-2019, 09:35 AM | #599 |
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Depends on the technology. Problem - the loudest sustained noise possible at 1 atmosphere is 194 dB. So we will not be able to distinguish between the truly distinguished shouters.
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09-09-2019, 12:35 PM | #600 | |
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In a game that very idea can be made into a feature. A ship or outpost or a whole satrapy can be saddled with a promotion-eager commander. Kind of like Fort Apache.
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