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Farm subsidies are very popular; public choice is a real thing, but not the cause for farm subsidies.[1] Steel tariffs are similar. I am not a democratic funda
by nickff 6y ago
Farm subsidies are very popular; public choice is a real thing, but not the cause for farm subsidies.[1] Steel tariffs are similar.
I am not a democratic fundamentalist. This is to say that I don't value democracy as an ends; it is a valuable means, but saying that something is democratic doesn't change my view on the policy. I don't care how direct it is.
[1] https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/30/poll-indicates-some-support-for-farm-subsidies-749870 https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/30/poll-indicates-som...
- vkou 6y agoIt is correct to say that just because a decision was reached democratically, it does not mean it was a good decision. But it is also correct to say that when a when a decision was reached democratically, it is generally speaking, not the business of anyone outside that group to second-guess it. There's a very high bar that you have to clear in order to tell some other group of people what they can't spend their communal funds on.