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That is precisely the problem. The average human is ignorant of almost everything. So why then do we select a tiny number of people to make laws concerning eve
by RenThraysk 3y ago
That is precisely the problem.
The average human is ignorant of almost everything. So why then do we select a tiny number of people to make laws concerning everything?
- yladiz 3y agoIs there an alternative?
- RenThraysk 3y agoThe court system with a jury. A set of people are presented with evidence and become knowledgeable of the matter in hand.
- sofixa 3y agoThat doesn't make them smarter or more knowledgable outside of a very narrow scope, where they knowledge is entirely dependent on what biased experts called by either side tell them.
- RenThraysk 3y agoYes. But it distributes the work load across larger number of people, so they have time to learn. The current system has politicans not even reading the bills they are voting on, let alone any attempt to understand them.
- ben_w 3y agoI’ve tried reading a few Bills and Acts. They’re more legible than patents, but harder than code in a programming language I’ve not learned. I’d like legislation by sortition, but only if the laws can actually be made simple enough for normal people to follow them. If that can’t be done, it’s very easy to pull wool over people’s eyes in either direction, getting them to pass bad laws they don’t understand and to refuse to pass good laws they don’t understand.
- CamperBob2 3y agoMaybe don't allow central governments to accumulate so much power.
- infamouscow 3y agoBut how else can I force people to do things they would never do voluntarily?
- vasdae 3y agoFewer laws.