I agree with decentralization, absolutely. Local, local, local, for most things.
But democracy has never really been... not because it's "mob rule," but because it's been oligarchy, from the git go, at least here in Murka, and probably most places. I think Sweden had a pretty cool thing for a while, and other places, briefly...
I think…
I agree with decentralization, absolutely. Local, local, local, for most things.
But democracy has never really been... not because it's "mob rule," but because it's been oligarchy, from the git go, at least here in Murka, and probably most places. I think Sweden had a pretty cool thing for a while, and other places, briefly...
I think the problem is WEALTH DISTRIBUTION.
As long as everything is run by the wealthy, who tend to be a lot of sociopaths/psychopaths, we're going to have the same problems forever. I think we need to address the issue of WEALTH and think about a cap, and some other glaring issues that spring from that.
Even if we assume that "real democracy has never been implemented", just like "real communism", it is still a fact of democracy that the majority can do whatever the hell it wants: The majority is the absolute ruler. Like an absolutist king.
If 50% + 1 decide to kill 50% -1 (or maybe a supra majority instead of 50%, so they can re-write the constitution from scratch), this will be a perfectly democratic decision. Absolutely nothing within the democratic system prevents this. Everything that prevents this from happening is outside the democratic sphere.
This massacre did not happen exactly like that yet because not enough people want. But we are almost there. The jab mandates are a great recent example, as I said.
I agree with decentralization, absolutely. Local, local, local, for most things.
But democracy has never really been... not because it's "mob rule," but because it's been oligarchy, from the git go, at least here in Murka, and probably most places. I think Sweden had a pretty cool thing for a while, and other places, briefly...
I think the problem is WEALTH DISTRIBUTION.
As long as everything is run by the wealthy, who tend to be a lot of sociopaths/psychopaths, we're going to have the same problems forever. I think we need to address the issue of WEALTH and think about a cap, and some other glaring issues that spring from that.
Even if we assume that "real democracy has never been implemented", just like "real communism", it is still a fact of democracy that the majority can do whatever the hell it wants: The majority is the absolute ruler. Like an absolutist king.
If 50% + 1 decide to kill 50% -1 (or maybe a supra majority instead of 50%, so they can re-write the constitution from scratch), this will be a perfectly democratic decision. Absolutely nothing within the democratic system prevents this. Everything that prevents this from happening is outside the democratic sphere.
This massacre did not happen exactly like that yet because not enough people want. But we are almost there. The jab mandates are a great recent example, as I said.