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It’s Time to Reinvent Democracy
- r2b2 6y agoTo fix democracy we need to decrease divisiveness / polarization / party orthodoxy, and increase collaboration / independent thought. Steps that reduce the 2-party power, and increase individual power (Ex. widespread ranked choice / runoff voting) would have major benefits.
- curation 6y agoYes. Pro-Slavery Democracy cat is out of the bag.
- llimos 6y agoThe big and obvious problem with any variation of this approach is always going to be "who gets to pick x", where x can be - The system used - The criteria for who gets a voice and who doesn't, and how much of a voice - What is called a 'representative sample' - Etc., etc., etc. There are only two systems that solve this problem. Democracy (partially), by effectively abdicating responsibility and saying there are no such criteria. And religion, where if the rules come from a universally accepted Higher Source, clearly that's who gets to pick x and will be accepted by anyone who accepts the Higher Source.
- musicale 6y agoThe primary advantage of democracy vs. most other systems (authoritarian, monarchy, etc.) is that leaders can be voted out of office. The primary disadvantage, as noted in the article, is the tyranny of the majority.
- IXxXI 6y agoThat moment when those who lack the slightest clue what's broken with democrazy. Decide they want to reinvent it. What could go wrong.
- musicale 6y ago> Google’s search engine works so well, precisely because it relies on credibility-based differential voting power I guess this explains why web search results no longer appear on the first page?