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Why should any individual be given outsize voice in a democracy, if not by amplification from many others?
by aggie 7y ago
Why should any individual be given outsize voice in a democracy, if not by amplification from many others?
- whiddershins 7y agoWell I think people who put in more effort get more influence on average. Effort can take the form of standing on the street holding a sign, and it takes money to make a sign, and time to stand there. It can take the form of going door to door and talking to people and giving them printed materials. You need the money for the printed materials, and the time to canvass the neighborhood. Same for running for local political office. Same for making a documentary, or a podcast, or a YouTube channel. Same for running a Facebook ad. Communication takes time and money. Getting money also takes time, to earn it, to inherit it, to ask donors or investors for it... There’s no way to have any communication at all without these elements.
- lonelappde 7y agoWhy is outsized voice reserved only for the promotion of consumerist consumption? That's the pnly political view that deserves a microphone?
- wolco 7y agoNo one is given anything you want a largerr voice join up with others. Those with money can pay someone to tell someone else something. Those with time can tell everyone they meet. That's how a democracy. Some have bigger voices compared to others.