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  • oce 🐆@jlai.lu
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    7 months ago

    Or those problems come from us and they just represent our own flaws, like a good representative democracy should do.

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      7 months ago

      except its not really us being represented up there. we just choose the lesser evil they put up to us dont we?

      what i mean is that its not a good representative democracy

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        7 months ago

        Is the majority of your country really better than its representation?

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          7 months ago

          yes, take for example taxing the rich. majority of people want it, most politicians wont even touch the subject. at best they will lie about it and then not even try.

          there are many many other issues like this, just took the low hanging example.

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            7 months ago

            I am not sure the majority of the country, if they were put in the same position of power, would not do the same.

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                7 months ago

                Because I think the majority of people are easy to corrupt, it takes exceptional people to resist the temptation of an easy life for you and your relatives.

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                  7 months ago

                  yes! thats exactly why i say rich people are to blame for most societal issues, and the model of democracy we currently have is very flawed. both of these things concentrate too much power.

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                    7 months ago

                    yes! thats exactly why i say rich people are to blame for most societal issues

                    But you agreed most people would do the same in their place, didn’t you? So it’s a general human issue rather than only rich people’s fault, isn’t it? Agreed that most democracies are flawed, but I still think social democracy is the best we have for now.