I wrote 700 page book Immortality that is mostly covering the same topic. But I am afraid it is too long and nobody will read it and it is also in Russian. Therefore, I created GPTs agent-guide that explains content of the book.
This what agent-guide said about eternal dictatorship in my book
If you mean the common objection “if people stop dying, dictators will rule forever”, the book treats “eternal dictatorship” as a rhetorical scare story, not a real argument for keeping death.
Two key points it makes: • It’s a false “only one solution” move. The objection assumes death is the only way to prevent bad political outcomes (dictatorship, stagnation, etc.). But even if dictatorship is a risk, there are many other levers besides killing everyone on a timer: institutions, term limits, checks and balances, decentralization, transparency tech, enforcement, even exile or incarceration. So “we need death” doesn’t follow.   • “Eternal dictatorship” is often an exaggeration tactic. The text explicitly lists constructs like “вечная диктатура / infinite boredom / eternal hell” as cases where critics inflate X to infinity while keeping death constant, to make death look “necessary.” 
There’s also a very practical aside: even in a world without aging death, dictators don’t automatically get infinity—they still face coups, replacement, accidents, and competition; the book even remarks that “if there were no death from aging, dictators would rule only ~4 years longer on average, because they’re often overthrown.” 
If you tell me whether you meant this as a philosophical objection (“immortality → tyranny”) or a policy worry (“how do we prevent immortal rulers?”), I can point you to the most relevant chapter/section in the text and summarize that part.
But such translation has required that I removed links on things which only post-Soviet people will understand, like poems and some science fiction as well as my personal stories which didn’t fit in the article format.
I wrote 700 page book Immortality that is mostly covering the same topic. But I am afraid it is too long and nobody will read it and it is also in Russian. Therefore, I created GPTs agent-guide that explains content of the book.
This what agent-guide said about eternal dictatorship in my book
If you mean the common objection “if people stop dying, dictators will rule forever”, the book treats “eternal dictatorship” as a rhetorical scare story, not a real argument for keeping death.
Two key points it makes:
• It’s a false “only one solution” move. The objection assumes death is the only way to prevent bad political outcomes (dictatorship, stagnation, etc.). But even if dictatorship is a risk, there are many other levers besides killing everyone on a timer: institutions, term limits, checks and balances, decentralization, transparency tech, enforcement, even exile or incarceration. So “we need death” doesn’t follow.  
• “Eternal dictatorship” is often an exaggeration tactic. The text explicitly lists constructs like “вечная диктатура / infinite boredom / eternal hell” as cases where critics inflate X to infinity while keeping death constant, to make death look “necessary.” 
There’s also a very practical aside: even in a world without aging death, dictators don’t automatically get infinity—they still face coups, replacement, accidents, and competition; the book even remarks that “if there were no death from aging, dictators would rule only ~4 years longer on average, because they’re often overthrown.” 
If you tell me whether you meant this as a philosophical objection (“immortality → tyranny”) or a policy worry (“how do we prevent immortal rulers?”), I can point you to the most relevant chapter/section in the text and summarize that part.
Wow, that’s great. Thanks.
You could use an AI to translate it to English.
Actually, I hand translated most core ideas from Russian to English and made them as separate articles which can be found here: https://philpeople.org/profiles/alexey-turchin (in drafts section).
The core one is about multilevel strategy to immortality https://philpapers.org/rec/TURMSF-2
But such translation has required that I removed links on things which only post-Soviet people will understand, like poems and some science fiction as well as my personal stories which didn’t fit in the article format.