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It sounds like you view the state as bad. Even when that state is democratic?

• wegfawefgawefg 3y ago
  The less average a citizen is, the less accurately the democratic function approximates their interests. Additionally, our democratic function has strange domain mismatches were it has been overfit on unusual cases. Anyone who is more agency seeking than average will likely confront some vogonic laws and develop conflicting feelings. try the book Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal.
  • dghlsakjg 3y ago
    Alternatively, the farther away you are from average when it comes to wealth and resources, the more the state can benefit you. People in the bottom percentile are tremendously well served by many modern democracies, despite your assertion to the opposite. If I’m going to be severely disabled (extremely far from average), I would much rather do it in a modern western democracy, instead of any other form of government.
    • wegfawefgawefg 3y ago
      Those people will not be well represented by a democracy. Blind people, cripples, and fetuses barely have a voter base. You also need to specify in what direction someone is not average. (You meant below average). Wheras my point was just more general. Weirdos wont be represented, whether that means exentric inventor, amish orthodoxy, cripple, or homeless person. I personally was responding to the other person who was asking why some people come to see the government as an enemy. Assuming they know that for some it is just culture, or indoctrination, I offered a relatable explanation for why an intelligent person might feel impeded by many laws. I assume given their question they already know and believe democracies are better to live in than other forms of government lol.