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That's fair enough but it doesn't render the whole issue void. For example, a vast majority of the people might share the wish to select a leader best equipped
by rbarooah 15y ago
That's fair enough but it doesn't render the whole issue void.
For example, a vast majority of the people might share the wish to select a leader best equipped to improve the countries economic prospects.
If that is what the overwhelming majority wants, but the system doesn't enable that outcome, then I think you can argue that self-determination hasn't been expressed.
- danmaz74 15y agoIf that was the case, would it mean that self-determination hasn't been expressed, or that its expression didn't reach the intended goal of those who expressed it?
- rbarooah 15y agoI'd say that the article is criticizing the ability of democracy to deliver the latter, and that in a representative system the two can't be neatly separated. If the system in aggregate produces candidates who can't execute what the people want, but yet each individual determines their own choice of vote amongst the poor choices, can this really be said to be self-determination?