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Well, there are many truly democratic systems that nobody has tried yet. For instance a system where any citizen can vote on any issue. To prevent the tyranny o
by rorrr 15y ago
Well, there are many truly democratic systems that nobody has tried yet. For instance a system where any citizen can vote on any issue. To prevent the tyranny of the majority, there can be rules set up. A system where people decide where their taxes go, how much to spend on healthcare, science, education, warfare.
- tokenadult 15y agoInitiative and referendum http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Initiative_and_referendum http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Initiative_and_referen... are old ideas of the Progressive movement of a century ago, and they are blamed by some observers for the mess that California is now in. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2489519 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2489519
- narrator 15y agoIllinois is in an even worse mess and they don't have initiatives.
- lutorm 15y agoabsence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
- rorrr 15y agoCalifornia is nothing like what I described.
- protomyth 15y agoOther states have ballot / referendum and are doing pretty good. California is more a case study in "voting money to groups to elect me to vote for more money".