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> Note how recently polities have taken away the freedom of restaurants to choose to allow smoking, selling certain sizes of drinks; the freedom of parents to c
by knorby 12y ago
> Note how recently polities have taken away the freedom of restaurants to choose to allow smoking, selling certain sizes of drinks; the freedom of parents to choose their children's education and so forth.
Any policy related to the things you've mentioned were or were not enacted by popular support, on those issues in particular. Brutal slaver warlord can take away restaurants, high fructose corn syrup, and your children with a single vote.
- mikerichards 12y agoAny policy related to the things you've mentioned were or were not enacted by popular support, on those issues in particular. Brutal slaver warlord can take away restaurants, high fructose corn syrup, and your children with a single vote. Nice try, but no dice. Most of those things weren't voted on. Most of them were decided by fiat of the slaver warlord (a mayor) and couple of his family members (some board or commission).
- 0x5f3759df-i 12y agoYou do understand how a representative government works?
- icebraining 12y agoUnderstanding how it works doesn't mean that one has to agree that it's democratic; it's at best a mix of democratic and non-democratic elements, and for some that might be equivalent to "not really democratic". And that's even assuming that the mechanisms are working properly, and not subverted - which is a big assumption.
- 0x5f3759df-i 12y agoAnd not agreeing that it's "democratic" doesn't mean a direct democracy is a better form of government. Who decided more democracy creates the best government?
- icebraining 12y agoknorby above, by implying that some policies were better because they were enacted by popular support.