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Democracy is mob rule. Direct democracy. The fear of "too much democracy" is only a fear for people who are afraid that others might not want the same things th
by yesbut 4y ago
Democracy is mob rule. Direct democracy. The fear of "too much democracy" is only a fear for people who are afraid that others might not want the same things they do. One person, one vote is mob rule. What that requires is a well informed, well educated population. Instead we have an ignorant, uninformed population that leaves all of the important decisions to a hand full of representatives that tend to run things the way their wealthy donors want.
- KronisLV 4y ago> What that requires is a well informed, well educated population. Isn't this very uncommon, in addition to the need to be at least somewhat compassionate (e.g. in regards to issues that might not affect individuals personally, but that affect minorities, or simply those who are different)? A certain social cooling might be needed in many societies, less extremism, less identity politics, less hate. I don't think we live in such a world, yet.
- yesbut 4y agoIt is the world we should create instead of waiting for others to improve things for us. The status quo is the problem.
- coding123 4y agoBut I don't think that's changing. This is key to young person vs old person thinking. Young people believe we can actually change to a well informed population. They end up getting old realizing that wasn't actually possible, become rich (because we're talking about the smart ones here) and then end up donating to representatives for getting things to run the way they believed it should be. See what I did there?
- yesbut 4y agoIts almost as if our society encourages wealthy people to become cynical, selfish, and apathetic.