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Hey, please don't give up on democracy! Assuming you're in the US, that is one version of democracy that favours a two party system, but there are lots of other
by benrutter 3y ago
Hey, please don't give up on democracy! Assuming you're in the US, that is one version of democracy that favours a two party system, but there are lots of others in the world! Countries with more coalition governments have very different looking democracies to that in the USA.
Besides that, the US (and all countries) have a lot going on that isn't just their voting systems. I.e. capitalisism, regulations or lack thereof, other existing power structures etc
This world has a bunch of scary problems, but I really feel (and I think the evidence shows) that we need more representation to solve them, not less!
- malka 3y agoI Live in UE, and democraties here sucks too. This is not an US only issue.
- benrutter 3y agoI didn't mean to make out it was! But what democracy means seems to vary place by place so I figured it was helpful to at least make an explicit assumption. I'm not trying to sell anyone on a "everything is rosy" outlook, but I think its important to question whether the problem is democracy itself. I.e.: - Do you think democracy is bad because it's not representative enough? That sounds like you think the problem is that we need our systems to be more democratic? - Do you think democracy is bad because democratic countries have huge political problems? What makes you assume democracy is the cause of those problems? Most democratic countries are also capitalist, religous, have laws, etc. Are those things bad too? Don't get me wrong, its important to point out how our systems aren't working for us. But taking a blanket "democracy is bad" attitude is probably going to lead to the things your disenfranchised with becoming much much worse.