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> I am arguing that democracies can't work due to the impossibility of having informed voters by the way our democracies are organized. And I am arguing that u
by derleth 15y ago
> I am arguing that democracies can't work due to the impossibility of having informed voters by the way our democracies are organized.
And I am arguing that undemocratic forms of government have been tried repeatedly and found wanting repeatedly.
- halvsjur 15y agoThere are very many different ways to do "democracy" though, it's not just the one axis with more democratic or less.
- ricky_rozay 15y agoYes, and the US is a federal republic, with a very specific electoral system to boot...so many other types of democracy exist before we get to non-democracy lol
- vibrunazo 15y agoThat's argument from ignorance. Just because we doesn't know a better solution doesn't mean there aren't any. Hackers build solutions. And as the above poster said, the first step to start building better practical solutions is to acknowledge the limitations of the resources and tools at our disposal.