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One of the biggest lies in modern society is that voting some how reflect the "will of the people" So much research proves this to be false, I am surprised pe

One of the biggest lies in modern society is that voting some how reflect the "will of the people" So much research proves this to be false, I am surprised people still assert it. Voting is probably the worst way pick a leader or representative, random selection would net better results

yarg 3y ago
Voting systems can be improved, but somewhat problematically the people in a position to improve things are those who depend on the broken system.
lostlogin 3y ago
> One of the biggest lies in modern society is that voting some how reflect the "will of the people" So much research proves this to be false, I am surprised people still assert it. As the joke goes, democracy is the least bad system we have tried. I’m not sure where you are but there are places that do it better than others, and while shitty situations still occur in the better systems, chucking the baby out with the bath water would be a mistake. Back to my point though, I can’t see any disagreement with the idea that US voters are picking old senators to represent them. Why is this happening?
- phpisthebest 3y ago
  >>As the joke goes, democracy is the least bad system we have tried. This implies that the US system has been static since our founding. My position is that many of the problems we face as a nation today are directly or indirectly a result of modification to the foundations of our government replacing non-democratic checks with more democratic ones. Directly applicable here is the passage of the 17th amendment where by previously the State government choose their Senators, as the Senate was to be representative of the States not the people. Thus why there are equal numbers for every State. As a result of this democratic change in the government the people now have 2 houses in congress, and the State's have no representation at all. This also completely changed the power dynamic and effectively rendered the 10th and 9th amendments void
- SoftTalker 3y ago
  The other joke is: if voting made a difference, it wouldn't be allowed.

yarg 3y ago

Voting systems can be improved, but somewhat problematically the people in a position to improve things are those who depend on the broken system.

lostlogin 3y ago

> One of the biggest lies in modern society is that voting some how reflect the "will of the people" So much research proves this to be false, I am surprised people still assert it. As the joke goes, democracy is the least bad system we have tried. I’m not sure where you are but there are places that do it better than others, and while shitty situations still occur in the better systems, chucking the baby out with the bath water would be a mistake. Back to my point though, I can’t see any disagreement with the idea that US voters are picking old senators to represent them. Why is this happening?

phpisthebest 3y ago
>>As the joke goes, democracy is the least bad system we have tried. This implies that the US system has been static since our founding. My position is that many of the problems we face as a nation today are directly or indirectly a result of modification to the foundations of our government replacing non-democratic checks with more democratic ones. Directly applicable here is the passage of the 17th amendment where by previously the State government choose their Senators, as the Senate was to be representative of the States not the people. Thus why there are equal numbers for every State. As a result of this democratic change in the government the people now have 2 houses in congress, and the State's have no representation at all. This also completely changed the power dynamic and effectively rendered the 10th and 9th amendments void
SoftTalker 3y ago
The other joke is: if voting made a difference, it wouldn't be allowed.