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Isn’t a criticism of democracy that individuals vote for their immediate benefit (MY job, MY housing) with no consideration of longer term consequences?
by monkeyelite 1y ago
Isn’t a criticism of democracy that individuals vote for their immediate benefit (MY job, MY housing) with no consideration of longer term consequences?
- optimalsolver 1y agoI suppose they're involuntarily practicing a high form of civic virtue, although that doesn't pay off the mortgage.
- monkeyelite 1y agoI didn’t say anything about virtue. You’re probably right that they didn’t fully anticipate changes. But what bothers me is that hypocrisy accusation avoids making a claim about what would actually be a good or bad policy. Do you want federal cut backs or not?
- optimalsolver 1y ago>Do you want federal cut backs or not? The right-leaning people caught up in this would probably say "Yes, but not in my obviously highly efficient division."
- monkeyelite 1y agoWhat do you say?