▲ 211 ▼ The paradox of electoralism (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 4 months ago by A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 months ago* (1 child) Thats not democracy. Democracy is rule by the people. You mean 'electoral representative democracy' which you describe accurately. Other kinds do exist. Not that any of thrm are allowed or americans believe they exist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) We should go back to sortition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) But what if someone with bad intentions gets choosen? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 months ago One person does not make decisions, that one person would need to convince everybody else who got selected. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) We should go back to sortition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) But what if someone with bad intentions gets choosen? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 months ago One person does not make decisions, that one person would need to convince everybody else who got selected. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) But what if someone with bad intentions gets choosen? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 months ago One person does not make decisions, that one person would need to convince everybody else who got selected. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 months ago One person does not make decisions, that one person would need to convince everybody else who got selected. permalink fedilink source parent