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Great point, well made. I’d argue this is the reason for Burkean democracy, that there are too many questions with too many nuances to reduce it to multiple cho

Great point, well made. I’d argue this is the reason for Burkean democracy, that there are too many questions with too many nuances to reduce it to multiple choice. Instead, you elect a person who you think has good judgement and leave them to do all the thinking on your behalf. But of course this system gets abused, because electors don’t know who they can trust.

specialist 5y ago
> the reason for Burkean democracy As David Mayhew has shown, legislative bodies, regardless of country and system, all end up doing kind of the same thing, over the long haul. The Imprint of Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=394KcetPJHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=394KcetPJHY That seems about right to me. Over time, I increasingly consider policy work and parliamentary work as separate jobs. (Campaigning and governing are yet other distinct jobs.) Policy work is the discussion, lobbying, discourse, rhetoric, etc. Culture and consensus. Whatever that is. Parliamentary work is the knife fight around the implementation. Winners and losers, struggle for power, who gets how much cake and ice cream.