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In: The game theory against divorces  — view comment
Sorry, I am not a native English speaker and I don't understand the word "simping". Maybe you wanted to say that the husband and wife become "Sims" wi...
July 30, 2024 at 07:53
In: The game theory against divorces  — view comment
People prefer to do anything together, for example they watch movies together, go for sports together and so on. Let's say that the husband gets 0.5 u...
July 30, 2024 at 03:15
In: Why Democracy Matters: Lessons from History  — view comment
I suppose, the Persians had a larger oppression of the lower classes by the rulers. The Persia was an Oriental Despotism, and the Greeks considered al...
July 29, 2024 at 03:34
In: Why Democracy Matters: Lessons from History  — view comment
Even if that's true about the Dubai, it does not contradict what I have said: the rulers of UAE can't allow themselves to become despots, because othe...
July 23, 2024 at 05:15
In: Why Democracy Matters: Lessons from History  — view comment
Yes.
July 22, 2024 at 02:55
In: The Achilles heel of modern totalitarian regimes  — view comment
Of course there are some counter-arguments against the theory, but they do not matter really much. Finland had to join Germany because Germany started...
July 08, 2024 at 17:03
In: The Achilles heel of modern totalitarian regimes  — view comment
I have written on Medium an article describing my idea: https://medium.com/@grandrienko22/the-achilles-heel-of-modern-authoritarian-regimes-699c25d6d9...
July 08, 2024 at 16:47
In: The Achilles heel of modern totalitarian regimes  — view comment
Do you know about the democratic peace theory? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_peace_theory Democratic countries unite instead of dissipating...
July 08, 2024 at 15:41
In: The Achilles heel of modern totalitarian regimes  — view comment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement
July 08, 2024 at 13:46
In: The Achilles heel of modern totalitarian regimes  — view comment
If this risk exists, maybe a better decision will be using this approach against the CCP instead of Putin. The US should declare and spread this infor...
July 08, 2024 at 06:19
In: Hidden authoritarianism in the Western society  — view comment
For me, this is rather not a conspiracy but something Freudian.
July 06, 2024 at 13:51
In: Evolutionary roots of envy  — view comment
Such people as you are exceptions, as I think. I have heard that according to American psychologist D. Myers, an increase of crime level in USA happen...
June 05, 2024 at 17:37
In: Civil war in USA (19th century) - how it was possible?  — view comment
I don't like this point of view. Currently the Russians are insane fascists, and I hope they will be cured by the West, as the Germans were.. And yes,...
May 25, 2024 at 14:40
In: Is the counterfactual definiteness possible at the level of countries?  — view comment
An example of a situation which can be studied by the game theory is aTruel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truel One example of this game was describe...
May 23, 2024 at 10:54
In: Civil war in USA (19th century) - how it was possible?  — view comment
I am from Russia. Please note that I support Ukraine, I am even a russophobe. If the English in my previous post was bad, maybe I should use ChatGPT m...
May 22, 2024 at 03:05
In: Civil war in USA (19th century) - how it was possible?  — view comment
Well, I used the google translator since my English is not perfect...
May 22, 2024 at 02:32
In: Civil war in USA (19th century) - how it was possible?  — view comment
Ok, I understand you, and I want to add something. With democracy, the "tyranny of the majority" is theoretically possible: roughly speaking, if 90% o...
May 22, 2024 at 01:37
In: Civil war in USA (19th century) - how it was possible?  — view comment
I have a question: how much were the taxes in the north states and in the south states prior to the war? Maybe the latter were higher?
May 21, 2024 at 13:33
In: Is the counterfactual definiteness possible at the level of countries?  — view comment
The Game of Chicken illustrates cases where people can win through "rational irrationality": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_(game) https://www....
May 21, 2024 at 06:03
In: Civil war in USA (19th century) - how it was possible?  — view comment
Before the Linkoln's speach, the States were "states" in the meaning of "countries" to a relatevely big extent. And a war betreen these countries star...
May 17, 2024 at 18:20
In: Civil war in USA (19th century) - how it was possible?  — view comment
Then, if we are still using analogies, maybe it can be said that the civil war was just a war?
May 17, 2024 at 16:42
In: Civil war in USA (19th century) - how it was possible?  — view comment
Sorry, I am a newbie here, maybe the thread can be moved?
May 17, 2024 at 16:41
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