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Democracy is the opium for the masses.

• eth0up 1y ago
  I won't try to evaluate that. For me, as a born eccentric, aspects of the concept terrify me. I tend to favor the principles of a Republic, with unassailable foundations impervious to popular fervors and whims. Ideally with heavy democratic principles fortifying the Republic. I don't see either. I look at recent affairs with FTC for example, and too many things to list. I don't even know what to call what I see. Recipe for nightmares comes to mind, but I know the flaws of emotions well enough. Personally I find myself retreating into a quasi spiritual state, remotely bordering asceticism. Fading into an in but not of it. I'm convinced it's a brutally complicated situation. Evey day, though, I think it could be drastically simplified with kindness, but that's a subject where I'm inclined to go full macabre and will hush now.
  • boppo1 1y ago
    We should try sortition.
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• OfficeChad 1y ago
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