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Problem is, only people with an excess of time on their hands can participate, which is totally undemocratic. Just because a bunch of boomers are retired and ha
by jobs_throwaway 2y ago
Problem is, only people with an excess of time on their hands can participate, which is totally undemocratic. Just because a bunch of boomers are retired and have nothing better to do doesn't mean they represent the will of constituents. People with jobs, children, school, etc are effectively not able to participate, which is why we have elections where these things should be decided
- drdaeman 2y agoGood point, thank you! Move it online and make it async (collect the arguments for a set period of time, then debate it over), or that's too weird or possibly exclusive for non-technical folks? (And using traditional mail is probably going to be too slow for anything meaningful) The problem I see with legislative approach (esp. if it's a bureaucracy - unelected officials making decisions), is that they could be biased (e.g. lobbied) too, representing the interests of developers - which can be good in some cases (The Dog in the Manger NIMBY areas), but can be bad in other situations. There must be some middle grounds.