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> while president trump is aligned with a large share of the population of the US Judgement is passed by the end of the term. So that's a open question for now
by Qem 2y ago
> while president trump is aligned with a large share of the population of the US
Judgement is passed by the end of the term. So that's a open question for now.
> how the 'feedback loop' works for elon musk and robert kennedy jr, as they are not in the feedback loop of voting
They were appointed by someone that was elected. So their fuck-ups count against whoever appointed them.
But this is not to say democracy as implemented is always perfect. For it to work properly I think a diverse pool of viable would-be leaders must be present, to maximize the odds of at least one well aligned being present for people to choose. Indirect voting and the bipartisan system screw this, creating moral hazards and poor fit candidates that just take turns between them.
It's like we know evolution works, but if everybody starts marrying their cousin, the gene pool will lose the raw diversity necessary for evolution to work.
Democracy must be fixed, not terminated.
- tourmalinetaco 2y agoDemocracy, even Athenian democracy, is not a feasible large-scale system and there’s a reason we have never been a democracy. Not even the inventors of democracy were democratic in the modern sense. There were heavy restrictions on who could vote and how, namely: only males, you had to be a proper citizen of Athens by birth, you had to publicly serve military, and you had to actively participate in the politics in order for your vote to count. Mob rule is what modern “democracy” is, and that’s dangerous.