@shlee @cwebber that like asking whether democracy is a good thing.... its a fine question to ask but i think when we place power in the hands of as many people as possible the result tends to be good.
of course when we talk about democracy we need to question whether what many call "democracy" is actually democracy, eg, paid lobbyists, pay for play, the revolving door, rent seeking and corporate capture, ability for a small group of bankers to print money, cosolidation of media etc. But essentially, all cultures seem to settle on some sort of democratic/federated/divided power structure of some kind, when outside influences are not meddling.
and yes.... the bank of england ALONE under sir #montaguNorman lent germany hundreds of millions (in 1930s money) for germany to have an "economic miracle", which just so happened to use slave labor that made a lot of corporations and western backers including the #bushCrimeFamily and some royal families, very rich. (i didn't say biden did i? oh no i did sy bush *cough* ukraine)
so the ability for a small group to pool resources and overwhelm nodes in a federated system is its own problem.... but on the whole i'd say "federated", and distributed power is a good, it just requires perennial, if not constant, vigilance.
that was weirdly long, just had to say it, sory lol