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I find politics to be hideously inefficient. The problem over here is that in the complex scenarios and choices that face countries. No one answer is entirely t
by todayiamme 16y ago
I find politics to be hideously inefficient. The problem over here is that in the complex scenarios and choices that face countries. No one answer is entirely the right answer. Further, there is no way to judge the validity of an answer, because it is usually an abstraction of a system that has been set up and there is no way on earth to know if it will fly or not.
The bigger problem is that the system assumes that people make an informed choice in the ballot, but it is quite clear that such people really don't exist. We are emotional beings who are able to react pretty strongly to abstract concepts and ideas. Whenever we believe something and make it a part of us, then it is impossible to have a rational or even a cordial discussion about it.
What's even more horrifying is that we haven't found a better way to govern ourselves than this. Everyday lives are at stakes because of decisions taken inside that system, and all I can do is stand by and stare at a computer screen.
- ENOTTY 16y agoOne thing that Libertarians will say about a limited federal government is that it allows state and local governments to experiment with different choices. One, to allow for local governments to account for local differences that a far-removed federal government couldn't see or understand. And two, to allow for a large number of experiments to occur with subsequent successes and failures so that the right answer can be eventually teased out.
- TomOfTTB 16y agoI don't think we'll ever get rid of political parties but what I do think the Internet could do is bring the libertarian concept you speak of a little closer to reality. The problem before now is no one has any idea what their local city council person or state legislator believes. Since TV is geared towards mass dissemination and that was people's primary means of being informed. The Internet gives local citizens a way to evaluate their local government in the same way they evaluate Presidential candidates now which makes giving more power to the local governments a lot more plausible.
- icegreentea 16y agoSo really is the problem politics, or the complexities that face governance? How does the final paragraph differ in an enlighten monarchy,or oligarchy,or anything else other than true 'pure' democracy? The last sentence seems to be the entire point of republicanism. So that ordinary people do not have to deal with the burden of these decisions every day. I really don't think 'inefficient' is the right word there. Nor do I think 'politics' to be right word. Your points all point to the limitations and complexities of governance rather than any 'inefficiency'. There are plenty of sources of inefficiencies within specific implementations of governance and the politics that formed around it. But those are separate from just the sheer difficulties that you pointed out.