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I don't get the unhealthy obsession with "unelected" in some people. A proper -mediocracy- meritocracy (i.e. it's actual skills and qualification that counts)
by qayxc 6y ago
I don't get the unhealthy obsession with "unelected" in some people.
A proper -mediocracy- meritocracy (i.e. it's actual skills and qualification that counts) is preferable over any kind of popularity contest. That's not to say the WHO in particular works by this standard, I just find it very irritating if people insist on every position or institution - especially very specialised ones - being subject to elections.
That just doesn't make sense and can have horrifying consequences (see [1] for an example). There are positions (in my example: medical examiners), that simply cannot be adequately filled by laypeople and amateurs. That's not how a complex society works. It's not the middle ages anymore and most professions and many official positions require training, experience, and qualifications.
That's why I don't get the obsession with everyone needing to be "elected" (and by that I assume you mean by the general public, because WHO positions in particular are in fact awarded by elections).
[1] https://youtu.be/hnoMsftQPY8?t=277 https://youtu.be/hnoMsftQPY8?t=277
- GongOfFour 6y ago> A proper mediocracy While I think mediocracy is more accurate, I think you meant "meritocracy".
- qayxc 6y agoIndeed I did - thanks for the correction!
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- hfsp 6y agoYou imbecile. Don't straw man me. No one is talking about qualifications. Did you elect these bureaucrats? Did you consent to whatever it is they claim to be doing? Did your parents or grandparents? I certainly did not and neither did my family. Unlike monarchies, WHO and the like have NO skin in the game. If monarchs f it up, it is their and their family's life on the line. In democracies there are elections. If these idiots are wrong, there is no recourse. You can have fun being a feudal serf on the dystopian estate of pan-global class of bureaucrats. "You will own nothing. And you will be happy." -World Economic Forum This the type of BS you are egging on.
- ketamine__ 6y agoArrant nonsense. We get it. You hate authority AND science.
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