A network that trades truth for order can still prevail at continental scale, as Stalinism did in 1941-45, so its disregard for truth cannot be relied on to make it fail.

Evidence 2 passages

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  Information systems can reach far with just a little truth and a lot of order. Anyone who abhors the moral costs of systems like Stalinism cannot rely on their supposed inefficiency to derail them.

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  So, whatever conclusion we draw from the years 1939-41, it cannot be that totalitarian networks necessarily function worse than democratic ones.

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