I seem to recall that some philosophers entertained the idea of an oligarchy ruled by philosophers, do you find this appealing or do you admire the (male-dominant) direct democracy style arrangement of some city-states more?.
hmmm. i'd say that both systems can be good or bad.
this isn't about oligarchies themselves but notice that examples of coalpha societies, like athens, roman republic or early america weren't monarchies. england 1500-1800 was, but even there the king was really bound after 17th century.
it seems most monarchies are some kind of alpha societies
FOUR TYPES OF SOCIETIES
1. ALPHA SOCIETIES
General description: In these societies alphas are allowed to mate guard. This means that they are allowed to have entire harems. This carries a great survival risk, though, as many men would like to take out an alpha and take his possessions. So these societies, the most common ones in history, are never extremely successful, as they lack sufficient co-operation between men. Currently very popular TV series Game of Thrones is a good example (minus the supernatural elements) of how such societies would look like in medieval times. Obviously, alphas are the most successful ones in terms of reproduction. In cases of very efficient mate guarding they can have entire harems. In cases of less efficient mate guarding they are still very successful, with their multiple legitimate children and bastards. Betas, omegas and coalphas are moderately successful here, depending on how much access to mating alphas allow them, or, in other words, how many women do alphas mate guard. In essence, success of all other three types depends on the scope of mate guarding done by alphas and by how the particular alpha society sees intelligence and morality. In alphas societies which somewhat value providers (in case of betas), or decency, intelligence, morality (in case of coalphas) such men will get some remaining women while omegas will get less remaining women. In societies which are of low morals and intelligence omegas will be more successful than betas and coalphas. These societies aren’t feminist societies – providers are still recognized as necessary and are allowed to breed. I will talk about how feminist societies are different in that aspect later on.
Mating success ranking: 1. alphas 2. betas/coalphas/omegas (depending on other traits of the particular society, as explained in the general description)
Examples: Most societies throughout history.
Do me a favor, repost it.
as if i'm gonna look for it
