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Special interests rule the world, except where a recent revolution happened. Special interests by definition have a stronger desire than the general population
by silexia 5y ago
Special interests rule the world, except where a recent revolution happened. Special interests by definition have a stronger desire than the general population for certain policies, and thus get them installed even when it harms most citizens. Thomas Jefferson said that a nation needs a revolution once a generation to keep it's freedom. Either that or there needs to be a constitutional clause that automatically sunsets all government legislation and agencies every seven or ten years.
- js8 5y agoOr maybe the country just needs more democracy? To be fair to Jefferson, though, he was more in favor of it than some of his coworkers, like Hamilton. There was a nice study from Cato institute (somewhat surprisingly), a comparison between different U.S. states, that showed that tax measures established by direct democracy (referendums) have less loopholes than the ones established by representative democracy.