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While it’s true that difficult decisions need to be made, it seems that the point of democracy is that such decisions should have popular mandates. This reform
by dhconnelly 3y ago
While it’s true that difficult decisions need to be made, it seems that the point of democracy is that such decisions should have popular mandates. This reform doesn’t seem to have anything close to a popular mandate
- srge 3y agoThe representative democracy means that there’s no need for popular mandate because the people elected representative. Next election, they’ll chose differently if they want.
- colpabar 3y agoThis is a dumb way of thinking about democracy. People shouldn't quietly let politicians do whatever they want until their term is up, they should let them know that they are unhappy. If the government doesn't provide a way to do this, then there is no other option but to protest. Government should be afraid of citizens, not the other way around.
- srge 3y agoIf the « don’t tread on me » sticker was a HN comment
- jacooper 3y agoKind of a problem, imagine if a politician was elected to do something, then does something totally different, basically lying. Who's going to stop him/her?
- anigbrowl 3y agoThis worked great during an earlier era. Insisting on 18th century political technology to solve 21st century problems in an era of instantaneous communication is a scam. Elections can be and are manipulated, and insisting that they are the sole legitimate form of political expression is a giant red flag.