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Direct democracy is a threat to order, the unwashed masses know nothing, they're protecting us. I think the saddest part is there probably isn't an auto manufa
by brnaftr361 3y ago
Direct democracy is a threat to order, the unwashed masses know nothing, they're protecting us.
I think the saddest part is there probably isn't an auto manufacturer that isn't a participant in the lobbying campaign against bills like this. I can't even vote with my wallet in this situation.
At this point I'm hoping I'll be able to buy an electric kit car that can satisfy my minimal needs in the near future so I don't have to deal with modern vehicles and their shithead manufacturers.
- burkaman 3y agoYou can vote with your wallet by either not buying a car or only buying used cars.
- bethly 3y agoDirect democracy is easier to buy than representative democracies for two reasons: first, voters have other things to do with their time than become experts on every bit of law that comes before them. And second, they don’t have the ongoing interest in rule-making, implementation & enforcement an interested legislator does. Reading the book Street Level Bureaucrats was eye-opening for me on why seemingly “common-sense” solutions like Direct Democracy end up either just not working or having the opposite of the intended effect. Laws are less like writing software for a computer and more like designing processes for a team writing software.