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Dictators are authoritarians. I dont think we re heading there, the western world is still on the same Liberalism program that started with the enlightenment.
by seydor 4y ago
Dictators are authoritarians. I dont think we re heading there, the western world is still on the same Liberalism program that started with the enlightenment. However it is also clear that the most liberal places reap the biggest rewards because creative people tend to flock there (US). Maybe democracy has ran its course and we need to invent something better to continue on this centuries-long program
- actually_a_dog 4y agoLol!! France literally shut itself down today because of a general strike in response to raising the eligibility age for a state pension from 62 to 64, and somehow the US is one of “the most liberal places” in the world. Damn, I think you made my day https://apnews.com/article/france-retirement-age-strike-protest-macron-47c7b036a6478fdaf17c7d656002e858 https://apnews.com/article/france-retirement-age-strike-prot...
- theloco 4y agoYeah modern democracies are worthless. Take the Republican form of Government outlined in the constitution and make it where you have to be a stakeholder to vote. That means you're voting because you have an interest, not because you have a heartbeat.
- verall 4y agoBy "stakeholder" do you mean "landowner"? It's hard to tell.
- theloco 4y agolandowner. its been done before and should be done again. im done commenting though because i dont wanna read their commenting guidelines and the admins already started whining at me. buhbye, dont worry, nobody will ever care about actually fixing democracy, so this landowner thing wont go anywhere.
- verall 4y agoI get that you're leaving because the "admins are whining at you" but before you go I just want to say that I think your idea that only landowners should vote is unhinged and not democracy at all, but rather feudalism. Good luck.
- theloco 4y agospeaking of unhinged, that isnt feudalism and isn't even close. its being qualified to vote. but like i said, nobody will make any serious effort to fix democracy, so i wouldn't worry about suddenly becoming a medieval peasant subject to the local lord.
- flangola7 4y agoBeing a citizen is the qualifier to vote. Democracy means everyone votes - taking the right to vote away is the opposite of fixing democracy.