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> Who hired these irresponsible politicians to steward us? We did. Isn't there some value in making people more aware of what these "irresponsible" politicians
by Aqua_Geek 14y ago
> Who hired these irresponsible politicians to steward us? We did.
Isn't there some value in making people more aware of what these "irresponsible" politicians are doing then, so that we don't keep lazily voting them in again and again?
Yes, those who care about the law are probably already involved. Shouldn't we be trying to get more people to care, though? More people getting the information from the source instead of having their opinions formed for them by the news anchor is a good thing, IMHO.
- afthonos 14y agoI am less and less convinced that more information is the solution. If it were, we would already have the most enlightened era of government the world has ever known, since far more information is available now than there ever has been. What we care about is narratives. And since narratives are fundamentally subjective, it's very hard to create a narrative that legitimately serves "the public good" while simultaneously satisfying the public. I hope there is a solution to this; I just don't think throwing more information at the problem is it.
- maxerickson 14y agoIt could easily be a necessary but not sufficient sort of thing.