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Old 11-04-2011, 06:31 PM   #41
ZenGum
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Originally Posted by Brianna View Post
What if we could replace human politicians with robot politicians?

They could weigh the pros and cons of an argument and make decisions based on the greatest good, they'd be impervious to bribes and creature comforts, they'd have no loyalty except to the people! Well, we'd have to make sure the programmers programmed them that way...but, still. I think it's a good idea. If one turned evil we could just deactivate it!
Try Plato's "Republic" (a horrible translation of "Res Publica", "On the Constitution".

Philosopher Kings. That's what you want.
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