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Yes, you've pointed out some of the ways in which the UK is not democratic, and many would like that to change. Democracy is not a 0 or 1 thing, it is a scale.
by jabradoodle 4y ago
Yes, you've pointed out some of the ways in which the UK is not democratic, and many would like that to change. Democracy is not a 0 or 1 thing, it is a scale.
There is statistically a good chance you are from the US, which has no concept of Lords, but which has its own very serious shortcomings.
- ly3xqhl8g9 4y agoVery much not from US. Just pointed out a hypocrisy of our language. As an aside, US has lords as well, perhaps even more powerful than UK lords, they just go by other names: Supreme Court judges, some Senators [1], some CEOs, and the like. [1] Just the top: Robert C. Byrd (D-WV), almost 51.5 years mandate, most kings couldn't even dream of such a lengthy reign, https://www.senate.gov/senators/longest_serving_senators.htm https://www.senate.gov/senators/longest_serving_senators.htm
- pjc50 4y agoI don't know why this of all your comments is downvoted. The US Supreme Court is quite strongly analogous to life peers, in that they get to make legislative and even super-legislative decisions while being lifetime political appointees. And, it appears, accepting gifts.
- ly3xqhl8g9 4y agoThe sore points were hit right in the sore, so to speak. I am guessing the founder/CEO-as-dictator aspect is also not very welcoming. It's quite telling: how could a society be democratic if some of its most (if not the most) important aspects, the lifecycles of companies, are fundamentally non-democratic. I should know, I own 3 (not profitable, but that's another matter) companies on 2 continents.