Star Slate Codex has a great perspective on this. The institutions that are beneficial depend on the context. Are we playing for survival and can’t afford risk or are we playing for flourishing and the risk is worth it because the gains outweigh the losses and we can afford to be nice?
Their persistence only indicates that those systems are tough and capable of self-maintenance, not that they’re what human society needs.
Star Slate Codex has a great perspective on this. The institutions that are beneficial depend on the context. Are we playing for survival and can’t afford risk or are we playing for flourishing and the risk is worth it because the gains outweigh the losses and we can afford to be nice?
http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/04/a-thrivesurvive-theory-of-the-political-spectrum/