Depends on what that .01% is, and what that 20% is, yes.

I'm not sure what you're saying.

If occasionally your 99.9% system of government lets slip a tyrant during its 0.01% of failure, it's a worthless system of government.

If your 20% system of government prevents all such egregious acts, then it's more effective than your 99.9% government.

That is not what I was saying. Read my comment again.

I did, and I stand by what I said. Mostly because 'egregious' isn't actually a measurement of a government's performance. It's entirely subjective.

You're ducking the actual question, then.

Howso?

Sorry, forget this subthread, my brain wasn't working as well it might. A part of my objection was better expressed by dragonwriter (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6066608) and I've replied there with the rest.