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I see where you're coming from and I hear you - it seems a profoundly unsatisfactory state of affairs! That said, he's not a dictator just because we don't lik
by hunglee2 3y ago
I see where you're coming from and I hear you - it seems a profoundly unsatisfactory state of affairs!
That said, he's not a dictator just because we don't like the result.
There was an election, Erdogan won it.
We can say 'he controlled the media' - maybe true - but that accusation could easily be levelled at democracies everywhere. The reality is democratic systems are flawed, like any system of human design. We cannot abstract democracy into a standard which can never be achieved. He is the democratically elected leader of Turkey, in Turkey-style democratic system. We can argue about how bad a leader he is as a separate matter!
- sledgehammers 3y agoYeah, I get your point. It was a super shady election, with a lot of examples we could talk about, but I think that would be missing the point. I wanna zoom on couple of your points: 1. "democratic systems are flawed, like any system of human design" 2. "We cannot abstract democracy into a standard which can never be achieved" What could the solution look like? A benevolent dictator, implemented an AI god, is the first obvious "solution" that comes to mind, but feels dubious, for the same obvious reasons haha. Do you have deeper thoughts about the matter?
- hunglee2 3y agosure. ChatGPT (free version) could be swapped in for government, and would immediately be superior. It's discomforting because we lack maturity, like kids being scared of the dark