Message from @Ethreen42
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yeah but it's quite interesting
imo
if you just look at the history of the Greeks I think it was
you know why it aint good
yeah I'm not much of a fan of democracy in general
but it's a subject of great interest, since you know I live in one
technically
direct democracy = LA and NYC ruling over you
well on a federal level I suppose
if,
and this is a big if
if a direct democracy was created in America it would have to be on a local basis
idealy you wouldn't do it top down
that doesnt make sense
but again that creates problems
you can't top-down direct democracy
there is no top lol
I was thinking of a far more decentralized form then i assume you're thinking of
but again I dont even think it would fully work
Tyranny of the Masses
?
tyranny of the majority
direct democracy allows the 51% to vote to piss in the 49%'s soup
and the gold will flow
well, that and if the voting was done via an automated process that everyone could audit, you'd be able to trust a slim majority. otherwise, it's within the margin of error
51/49 is inconclusive
a +/-3% margin of error is all one can realistically hope to acheive
who tf is becky and derek? lmao
Direct democracy can be bad as well though 🤔
In the case of BRexit I would agree with it
However in the case of some Goebbels type coming along and managing to propagandarise people it could be a net negative
agreed, in fact no one should be allowed to vote that cannot clearly describe the position of BOTH canadates
or the trade-offs involved in any one issue
Precisely my problem with people in todays democracies tbh
"I want leave" "do you know the position of remain" Well they want to remain" "yea ok, but why" "..." switch it to the opposite and its the same tbh
yeah, what does leaving entail? if BOTH sides were clear on this the vote would be more balanced
I genuinely don't care what peoples positions are IRL provided they can defend them, like if someone can make a good flat earth argument i'd be like "ok fair one" where as someone who says "the world is round coz we all know that" is more likely to get ridicule from me
lmao dissenter removed the built in proxy settings without notification
well, 'caring' or even 'agreeing' with one's position is irrelevant. Only that you UNDERSTAND the position the other is taking