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> My opinion is just as reality-based as yours. Only assuming you can process information from the real world correctly, which isn't a given. Not a judgment on
by antisthenes 3y ago
> My opinion is just as reality-based as yours.
Only assuming you can process information from the real world correctly, which isn't a given. Not a judgment on you personally.
> We probably can't fix the organizational dynamics that lead to this accretion of power, but we can prevent it from being our basis of government by keeping the franchise broad.
Is there any evidence that keeping the franchise broad is the most effective strategy of running a country over multiple generations, where knowledge of organizational dynamics gets lost over time? That's a very strong claim, without much supporting it.
> Limiting franchise has always been a favorite tool of dictators, oligarchs, and supremacists - not of people who actually believe in democracy.
I don't particularly believe in democracy (one of the reasons being an extremely broad, misused catch-all term for whatever the speaker means themselves), but I do believe in strong institutions and separation of powers to the degree that it's possible.
But again, that's kind of orthogonal to whether this is an effective way to enact change by the broad franchise.
- dj_mc_merlin 3y ago> Only assuming you can process information from the real world correctly, which isn't a given. Not a judgment on you personally. You realize this claim can be made about you too, right? You might believe you process information correctly, but that's a very strong claim, without much supporting it.
- antisthenes 3y agoI don't need external validation for that claim. My experience in being correct and good outcomes are the support that I need. The fact that you don't have access to that empiric information is just unfortunate, but ultimately nothing that makes a difference.
- dj_mc_merlin 3y ago.. this is why you're online bragging about how much better you are to other people, right?
- antisthenes 3y agoI wasn't bragging about anything. Some random guy was trying to drag me down to the level of his poorly thought through opinions. I simply told him I had no obligation of doing so. But you keep misinterpreting everything you read for hot takes or whatever.
- eropple 3y agoShot: > My experience in being correct and good outcomes are the support that I need. Chaser: > antisthenes 1 day ago | parent | context | prev | next [–] | on: A rant on bus stops > Some points in the article are hit and miss, but mostly correct. > For example, Istanbul is flourishing because it's the Turkish capital, so it necessarily is the most dense and rich city in the country.