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I was referring to the idea that in an aging country, even if young/old people would equally show up to vote, the older people will have more votes. Which is d
by dahwolf 3y ago
I was referring to the idea that in an aging country, even if young/old people would equally show up to vote, the older people will have more votes.
Which is democracy. It is fair in that sense, although surely it will not feel that way at all times.
- jezzamon 3y agoYou could imagine a system where similar to how we split votes into geographical regions via things like electoral colleges or having a locally elected representatives, there could be a similar splitting of votes into age ranges to ensure each group is sufficiently represented (Not advocating for this, just an interesting thing to think about)
- dahwolf 3y agoIndeed, democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for lunch. It's just an unusual and new idea to see young people as a minority as this never was the case to this extend. As it comes to housing though, I remain convinced that the issue is not as political as many make it out to be. See my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36486626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36486626 Meaning, even if the young seize more political power, there isn't going to be a law they can pass that says "cut rent in half".
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoThere is also no law they can pass to reverse climatw change. Once some things are fucked, they are really hard to fix