▲ 832 ▼ Winning the interview (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by trek32@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 72 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) The winner of a political debate is whoever the audience likes more. It unfortunately has nothing to do with being a reasonable person. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago It's fucking absurd and embarrassing that crowd participation is even permitted in televised presidential debates. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago This is the folly of representative democracy. It inevitably becomes less about policy and instead a popularity contest between figureheads. Representative democracy has run its course, and the problems it solved (the fact that it's not practical for everyone to attend places of government from far away) have all but been solved by technology. Bring on direct democracy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago It's fucking absurd and embarrassing that crowd participation is even permitted in televised presidential debates. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago This is the folly of representative democracy. It inevitably becomes less about policy and instead a popularity contest between figureheads. Representative democracy has run its course, and the problems it solved (the fact that it's not practical for everyone to attend places of government from far away) have all but been solved by technology. Bring on direct democracy. permalink fedilink source parent
