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We can avoid it only if we wake up to the real problem. We don't get to pick who represents our interests. We can only vote for preselected choices. This con
by stretchwithme 13y ago
We can avoid it only if we wake up to the real problem.
We don't get to pick who represents our interests. We can only vote for preselected choices. This concentrates power in the hands of a few.
And these are more immune to voter desires and more subject to other forms of manipulation.
Either you exercise your power. Or its up for grabs.
We need proportional representation, at least in the House of Representatives.
- anigbrowl 13y agoThe city where I live has PR and I grew up in a country where it is the norm. I like it too, but it's not a panacea, you still get abuse, corruption, and political horse trading of all kinds.
- stretchwithme 13y agoYes, its not a panacea. If the people are clueless, even the best decision making system in the world will still yield bad decisions. Regarding horse trading, I'm not opposed to trading favors. If group 1 really wants X and don't really care about Y, while another really wants Y but is willing to give up X, why shouldn't they trade? Where I object to tradeoffs is where Goldman Sachs and former GS CEO Paulson trade favors, while those financing the goodies have no representation or even awareness of what's going on.