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These are not "assumptions" about "the degradation of our democracy". They are factual assertions about the structure of democracy as a system of government.
by staticautomatic 6y ago
These 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 6y 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 6y 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 6y 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 6y agoWhich among them are not factual assertions?