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It's not an argument against Democracy. It's an argument against how much of the decision making for a country needs to be a popularity contest. If you left ev
by darth_avocado 6y ago
It's not an argument against Democracy. It's an argument against how much of the decision making for a country needs to be a popularity contest.
If you left everything up to the public, there would be 0 taxes, free education, healthcare, housing and monthly paychecks of a $1000 for everyone. But that's a terrible idea, and it doesn't get implemented anywhere, because you literally choose people to represent the population and to make sensible decisions.
- vagrantJin 6y ago> But that's a terrible idea, and it doesn't get implemented anywhere, because you literally choose people to represent the population and to make sensible decisions. Haha. My beloved country has free healthcare, education and government social grants for women mostly and a lot of free actual legit housing for the poor. Don't get me wrong, the whole thing is crashing in slowmo for a few decades now because we really don't have anyone driving the vehicle but Jesus. I'll never abondon ship though. </RANT>
- thesuitonym 6y agoYou missed the 0 taxes though.
- darth_avocado 6y agoNone of that comes with 0 taxes and that was the whole premise.
- alasdair_ 6y agoThe Saudis and a few other resource-rich countries essentially have this for citizens. I still wouldn't want to live there.
- darth_avocado 6y agoThat is true. The only reason it works is because they have a commodity that they can sell that everyone wants (for now), that is just dug from the earth and sold on the market with little cost/effort. Such economies are rare (and work because the other economies aren't the same). Also, they have a small life span and can easily not work (Venezuela).