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, 05:56, September 26, 2023→What's your knowledge of Giuseppe Mazzini?
To understand the non-democratic [[feudal]] society that existed in Europe between 1815-1914, you actually need [[Machiavelli]] (from 3 centuries earlier). Read the first sentence of the ''The Prince''; in the 19th century, Europe had a growing population, it was more urbanized, less agricultural workers, more tradesman and craftsmen, yet their governments remained principalities ruled by noble bloodlines with bureaucracies that couldn't really handle a growing population. People had no rights, like freedom of the press, jury trial, etc. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 01:48, September 26, 2023 (EDT)
To understand the non-democratic [[feudal]] society that existed in Europe between 1815-1914, you actually need [[Machiavelli]] (from 3 centuries earlier). Read the first sentence of the ''The Prince''; in the 19th century, Europe had a growing population, it was more urbanized, less agricultural workers, more tradesman and craftsmen, yet their governments remained principalities ruled by noble bloodlines with bureaucracies that couldn't really handle a growing population. People had no rights, like freedom of the press, jury trial, etc. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 01:48, September 26, 2023 (EDT)
This gets to be a tricky question for some conservatives; as a population grows, you actually need a government to grow, as well. More police. More schools, More judges. More jails, etc. It's to discuss this outside of a historical perspective with your commonplace, run-of-the-mill Republican who's just opposes all government growth and expansion. But actually, these are two very different questions.
Like the money supply has to grow with a population, so to too does the expansion of government. The trick is keeping them in line with each other. Too much, or not enough is always gonna cause serious problems. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 01:56, September 26, 2023 (EDT)