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It seems this is the problem with our representative democracy. The system is designed to impede and frustrate good-faith efforts by throwing up a bunch of barr
by tdeck 5y ago
It seems this is the problem with our representative democracy. The system is designed to impede and frustrate good-faith efforts by throwing up a bunch of barriers and then offering opportunities to compromise your principles to get past them.
It's like a freemium game that you pay for by gradually selling out to those who already have power. Sure, theoretically it's possible to win the freemium game without selling out, but that theoretical possibility serves only as marketing for the game itself.
- indigochill 5y agoIf power was more decentralized (e.g. delegated to cities or counties), then an ordinary person running for office would be a lot more viable. This is why some of us oppose "big government". It's not necessarily that we all want a wild west with no laws, but there are a lot of layers of government between a citizen and national government and ideally as much decision-making power sits as low on that pyramid as possible so that people can plausibly "self-govern". It also means that policies can be tailored to the needs of the people. The needs of dense urban populations are different from the needs of rural farmers, so you can't effectively govern both at the national level.