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Isn't a bloated and inefficient government a problem to be solved with elections though? Well, officially anyway.

by jimworm 15y ago

phillmv 15y ago
I would think that that is the whole point of a democracy. Edit: I am sincerely curious about why I'm being downvoted. If you think your government is broken, work to fix it.
- kiba 15y ago
  There are thousand of problems to fix. The infrastructure is going to collapse under the weight of non-maintenance, there are people infected with HIV virus, Africa needs help to develop, strong artificial intelligence might someday start making paperclip out of humans, etc. Yeah, it's a problem. The problem is we can't all work on every problem. Some of us have jobs, personal crisis, or is already working on one of those problem.
  - phillmv 15y ago
    You prioritize, you build institutions, you work within your community. >Some of us have jobs, personal crisis, or is already working on one of those problem. Most of us do fuck all. I should know, I'm sitting in my underwear past noon on a Sunday commenting on HN.
    - kiba 15y ago
      And some of us think democracy is a really stupid idea. Mostly, I just focus on internal improvement, since it is something that I can change within myself. Trying to take on the local corrupt buffoon of a government thinking you can rule the city better is a definition of hubris.
      - phillmv 15y ago
        >Trying to take on the local corrupt buffoon of a government thinking you can rule the city better is a definition of hubris. It's no more arrogant than starting a company because you think you can make a better product or service than any of your competitors.
    - lurker19 15y ago
      Your case may be covered under "personal crisis".
  - jemfinch 15y ago
    > The problem is we can't all work on every problem. Which is exactly the point of a representative democracy. We elect other people to work the problems we can't. If they do an unsatisfactory job, then we should elect someone else.

Isn't a bloated and inefficient government a problem to be solved with elections though? Well, officially anyway.

by jimworm 15y ago

Isn't a bloated and inefficient government a problem to be solved with elections though? Well, officially anyway.

I would think that that is the whole point of a democracy. Edit: I am sincerely curious about why I'm being downvoted. If you think your government is broken, work to fix it.

kiba 15y ago
There are thousand of problems to fix. The infrastructure is going to collapse under the weight of non-maintenance, there are people infected with HIV virus, Africa needs help to develop, strong artificial intelligence might someday start making paperclip out of humans, etc. Yeah, it's a problem. The problem is we can't all work on every problem. Some of us have jobs, personal crisis, or is already working on one of those problem.
- phillmv 15y ago
  You prioritize, you build institutions, you work within your community. >Some of us have jobs, personal crisis, or is already working on one of those problem. Most of us do fuck all. I should know, I'm sitting in my underwear past noon on a Sunday commenting on HN.
  - kiba 15y ago
    And some of us think democracy is a really stupid idea. Mostly, I just focus on internal improvement, since it is something that I can change within myself. Trying to take on the local corrupt buffoon of a government thinking you can rule the city better is a definition of hubris.
    - phillmv 15y ago
      >Trying to take on the local corrupt buffoon of a government thinking you can rule the city better is a definition of hubris. It's no more arrogant than starting a company because you think you can make a better product or service than any of your competitors.
  - lurker19 15y ago
    Your case may be covered under "personal crisis".
- jemfinch 15y ago
  > The problem is we can't all work on every problem. Which is exactly the point of a representative democracy. We elect other people to work the problems we can't. If they do an unsatisfactory job, then we should elect someone else.