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Almost as if democracy doesn't necessarily lead to a government that represent people very well.
by panick21_ 3y ago
Almost as if democracy doesn't necessarily lead to a government that represent people very well.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoA lot of democratic votes in the west recently, end up on the wire, where you have to vote for the known crook just so the fascist doesn't win. So not an ideal situation that results in a competent, efficient and incorruptible government.
- slashdev 3y agoI think a big problem in the West is we don’t have great leaders anymore. The election is between a few nincompoops that all make you kind of sick to your stomach. Where are the Winston Churchill’s or the Abraham Lincoln’s?
- panick21_ 3y agoChurchill wouldn't be a great leader in current politics. It doesn't work that way. You get 'great leaders' when you lead your nations events, and 99% of the time those are major wars. Churchill was a marginally important political figure until he basically lucked into premiership in WW2. Lincoln came to power over a particular issue, resolved that issue in a war and got killed. Neither of those things are happening. And with Churchill its questionable how good he was other then basically deciding not to surrender. Even if you look at FDR, he came to power during a great economic downturn but by the end of his second term, if not for WW2, he would be remembered very differently. The economy wasn't doing well. And his initial upswing happened mostly because he came into power when the Great Depression was very much ending. Ornery times when leaders face long term issues like population, immigration and climate change will simply not produce such leaders. And the leaders who do handle these topics well are almost never actually popular and are not guaranteed to win many reelections.