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“Proscriptions of the Second Triumvirate“ and all that. The Boffins and Academics really do have a nasty habit in setting themselves up for it, don’t they?

Tytler also believed that Oligarchy (which can very well be elected) and Monarchy are the only real forms of government, to which I agree. Mass democracy as we’ve tried has spiralled out of control so bloody quickly it’s almost depressing. Granted, as Tytler proves, it’s not like there isn’t...

So I was trundling through twitter and found this rather splendid thread on democracies and their ultimate fates, posited by one Alexander Tytler, a 19th century Scottish judge and professor of history at Edinburgh university. TL;DR his idea was that democracies can begin with tremendous...