Why so many autocracies?
Kai Neumann (#1) has provided a description of the model with the iMODELER Presenter.
Description
a fairly trivial, descriptive model as a reaction to some recent studies on the rise of autocracies. on a closer look it reveals that reckless people have the levers to trigger reinforcing feedback loops of policies against the benefits of all. the balancing feedback loops that can cause a regime change face these levers as obstacles. and even if there is no control of media, there are charismatic leaders, and there are free elections - the people in hard times still remain susceptible to wrong memes. so imho it is the very nature of human beings that lets some be of reckless nature and others protecting their feeling of integration by blaming others, rejecting change, or by not willing to take the effort to understand the complex world we are all faced with.