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I've always wondered how we have created the system within which we find ourselves. It is possible for someone to write this well about an argument and obviousl

by num1 16y ago

I've always wondered how we have created the system within which we find ourselves. It is possible for someone to write this well about an argument and obviously be in the right. But somehow, their argument will either be completely ignored or rebutted with a comment that doesn't properly argue the article. The injust law will then be passed regardless. I'm talking in generalizations and not about this issue specifically. However it is a recurring theme that some invasive law will be proposed, and reasonable people reasonably argue why it shouldn't pass, and it passes anyway. How have we allowed this to happen?

wladimir 16y ago
Well, in a democracy the largest mob will win the vote, and not the one with the best arguments. And this largest mob is influenced by the mass media very strongly, so the 'vote' of the majority is really that of a powerful minority that controls the mass media. (which obviously presses for stronger control to be even more powerful) This is an issue with democracies everywhere in the world. I'm not sure how this 'recurring theme' can be broken, if at all.