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I guess that’s democracy?

• duxup 6y ago
  Representative democracy tends to deal with those things a bit better. Folks making decision A, B, and C might know something about those things and have to balance them.
  • jelliclesfarm 6y ago
    County seats make decisions for cities. State makes decisions for counties. For now at least, I think state is independent to an extent from the center. Example: Alameda county decides if city of Hayward should build more units than the denizens of Hayward itself. This could be an example of regional governance. Do we need more decentralization and local governance rather than regional governance?
    • duxup 6y ago
      I think that's a different question compared to just direct voting on issues and representative democracy. Layers of government do have their uses. The local counties in my area make larger transit decisions together via another organization, it's something that would be hard to make if the cities had to get together to make each deal.
• barumi 6y ago
  > I guess that’s democracy? "Democracy" isn't a magical word which renders everything problem-free and perfect. Direct-democracy is a concept which is plagued with a multitude of problems, both technical and practical and ideological, which are not possible to rule out. Lack of accountability, decision-making in ignorance, and tragedy of the commons, for instance. If we want to live in a free and open and inclusive society where rule of law prevails then we can't simply throw the "democracy" tag around and call it a done deal.