Pedantry: the general term is emotivism, not populism. "intellectuals" (shorthand for the average HNer) are vulnerable to that, we just won't admit it. It's ha

Pedantry: the general term is emotivism, not populism. "intellectuals" (shorthand for the average HNer) are vulnerable to that, we just won't admit it. It's hard for trust to work beyond the Dunbar limit-- representative democracy is a jerry-rig-- but Swiss sidestep that with (a version of) direct democracy Update: since there's a false etymology that "jerry" comes from "German", may I suggest we stay below the line https://magdamiu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/13.png https://magdamiu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/13.png https://old.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/16npbs4/the_term_is_gerryrigged_not_juryrigged_right/ https://old.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/16npbs4/...