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I ask this here because this is a hacker forum. Why is it that in this day and age that we still implicitly entrust another person to make decisions on our beha
by goombastic 15y ago
I ask this here because this is a hacker forum. Why is it that in this day and age that we still implicitly entrust another person to make decisions on our behalf? What do you think would be the kind of systems we need to build to make democracy more participative? What do you think would be the pitfalls we should avoid with such a system?
- ceejayoz 15y ago> Why is it that in this day and age that we still implicitly entrust another person to make decisions on our behalf? We don't. Congressional approval is always horrendously low. The alternative just sucks more.
- Klinky 15y agoAt some point you're going to have to trust someone(e.g. whoever made the libraries you're using in your program did it properly or that the person making your sandwich washed their hands first), but I'd agree it'd be nice if we could make the system less of a popularity contest that's full of hyperbole & 5-second or less sound bites. I think we need more political parties & vast limitations on campaign financing. I'd also love if we could test reading comprehension & basic logic skills before allowing people to run for office.
- cjg 15y agohttp://www.jadeleaf.co.uk/voting-is-bad http://www.jadeleaf.co.uk/voting-is-bad