@williamtehan4028
The right way to write politics in story is to make your least favourite politician the villain
@sdagoth3037
I'm willing to cut writers some slack on this topic, we aren't even able to construct decent governments in the real world.
@downix
The phrase "Mussolini made the trains run on time" was ironic. His solution to the trains was to eliminate the schedules entirely. No schedule, cant be late!
@embar22
Features: peaceful transition of power Historical examples: The Roman Republic
@newdawngamingchannel
Hoi4 politics: “i wanna form austria hungry” - world conquest “I wanna form buzantium” - world conquest “I want that one province over my boarder” - world conquest
@cloudy4days735
Government: "Being dead is no excuse for not paying your taxes."
@jacoporegini8841
As a political scientist who likes to read, boy do most writers know NOTHING about government and politics. Good thing JP is here to fix that.
@CharliMorganMusic
You missed something when discussing Soft Power: - K-pop is soft power. - Anime is soft power. - Thai restaurants are soft power.
@reisen9235
Kudos to JP for recognizing that a majority of Americans have no idea how thier own government works.
@javonyounger5107
Just make entire governments defined by one or two key traits that also line up with the hats- I mean the culture of their people.
@ceinwenchandler4716
I love how one of the things you listed as an issue with democracy was "a conversation with the average voter." So true.
@Ramschat
As a small note from a history student: The Seven Kingdoms from ASOIAF is really a feudal monarchy, not an absolutist one. The difference being that local/regional lords have a lot of autonomy and rights that the King must respect to stay in power.
@etharchildres3976
I was so confused about politics, but really it’s simple. Person A wants. Person B wants. Person A wants want more. Person B tries to get person C to want wants more than Person A. Person B maybe wins. Person A still wants want. REPEAT.
@ruggiebuggie3195
Y’know, some people get home from work, look at the news, then curl up with a fantasy book that is exactly just the world they already live in except everyone wears leather bracers.
@KiaraLily5788
Fantasy and isekai have to make it an idealized monarchy, no exceptions
@magala9287
There is one type of government that stands above all: The love triangle.
@ThePoliticrat
Republics can also be empires. “Empire” is a purely geopolitical designation. “Republic” has to do with the internal political structure.
@tereziamarkova2822
A little note on the absolute monarchy - a common misconception is that this was the system in place throughout the feudal era. It was not, and in fact absolutism was a step AWAY from feudalism. In feudalism, the landholding class (nobility, but also church or city councils) held quite a bit of power, in some cases to the point of making the king a mere figurehead. In the late middle ages, this power was gradually stripped away from the landholding class, as the kings consolidated power in their own hands. In many countries, this was accompanied by a creation of robust state bureucracy, professional army etc - a lot of the things that differentiate a medieval government from a modern one. There was even an idea floating around that kings should use this newly attained power for the good of the people, the so-called "enlightened absolutism". Of course, in practice, king being only as enlightened as he well damn pleased was understandably not enough for most people and situations, hence the National Assembly, and the resulting French Revolution. TL;DR Though, say, Richard the Lionheart and Elizabeth I were both monarchs and shared some similarities (for example, the "divine right of kings"), the ways they used and drawn power were vastly different.
@howdyimhowdy
heres a little tip for your folks: when writing a political villain ,they may end up having politics you dislike,because surprise surprise,you will sometimes disagree with your villain,including whatever views are arbitrarily viewed as political or not. now with that in mind,let's assume you make even the greatest,most well done and nuanced villain you could,this will result in one of two things: 1.your villain will be dismissed as a strawman because you portrayed politics you think are wrong as wrong. OR 2.the very people you criticized will look at your story and adopt them have fun!
@DShakey