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> "Democracy" seems to be the most popular answer Just like Capitalism, that term is too vague to be useful. We could pick 500 people at random, stuff them int
by ClumsyPilot 2y ago
> "Democracy" seems to be the most popular answer
Just like Capitalism, that term is too vague to be useful. We could pick 500 people at random, stuff them into congress, and have no elections - that would be democracy. You could have a referendum on everything, and that would be democracy.
To address these kind of issues you have to get into details of what makes a well functioning vs poorly functioning democracy, what are your KPIs - for example, you have only two parties and Byzantine process of selecting candidates, is that antidemocratic and does that allow financial interests undue influence?
- mistermann 2y ago>Just like Capitalism, that term is too vague to be useful. I disagree: vagueness of words is very useful, so useful it can keep billions of people (the smarter the better) in a Stockholm Syndrome like situation indefinitely, including defending it against anyone who tried to liberate them.