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I think it is very easy for people living in the US to tacitly accept these very dangerous assumptions given the state of our democracy. However, I would posit
by tehjoker 7y ago
I think it is very easy for people living in the US to tacitly accept these very dangerous assumptions given the state of our democracy. However, I would posit that the degradation of our democracy is due in part to elite acceptance of the idea that the people are either too dumb or physically incapable of governing themselves and thus governing for their own benefit.
I would strongly push back on these assumptions. The democratic structures outlined in the US constitutions are flawed by design and leads to the specious conclusion that democracy is impossible. Mass participation in the democratic process, smashing old structures, and reconstituting new structures will allow democracy and the public to thrive.
- staticautomatic 7y agoThese are not "assumptions" about "the degradation of our democracy". They are factual assertions about the structure of democracy as a system of government.
- neuro_image3 7y agoI encourage you to listen to this podcast: Radical institutional reforms that make capitalism & democracy work better, and how to get them https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/glen-weyl-radically-reforming-capitalism-and-democracy/ https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/glen-weyl-radically-...
- freejazz 7y agoI'm not sure what that would add when his point is that if people were anywhere near rational about this, there would be no need for such a podcast because these would already be features of our democracy, demanded by the people.
- tehjoker 7y agoThey are not at all factual statements. The elite conception of the issue has become so indoctrinated in the population that it has become fashionable to regard them as such. Liberal authors are starting to come out with books that attack the idea of democratic governance. This is a bankruptcy with elites, broken structures, and a failing of liberalism (but not of radicalism).
- staticautomatic 7y agoWhich among them are not factual assertions?