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We see that issue throughout this thread, voters don't get to make the final rules in most things. They elect the school board, or elect whomever chooses the sc
by sosuke 12y ago
We see that issue throughout this thread, voters don't get to make the final rules in most things. They elect the school board, or elect whomever chooses the school board, and they put their trust in the ideals which that candidate has sold so that they rules that end up being put in place are most like the ones the voter would have chosen themselves. If the voters candidate doesn't win, or their candidate does win but changes his or her tune, that voter has little to no recourse until the next voting cycle. Voters don't get to set the minutia.
Furthermore, for smaller government bodies, voters outside of the residential area for that government body don't have a vote at all! You have to go even higher to put your faith in a state or county school board candidate.
- maxerickson 12y agoYeah, this idea that democracy is a good thing all on its own (which at least seems to have gained strength in my lifetime, maybe I've started paying more attention) is quite dangerous. It's an important part of our system, but I'm not sure we should celebrate when important and far reaching decisions are made on a 51/49 basis. I think we just are talking about slightly different things. Of course mechanistically, voters, as you say, have to put up with what they get. But philosophically, their agents (the board and those the board hires) are meant to act in their interests.