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SpaceCowboy ,
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A lot of people have been taught to have an idealized concept about Democracy.

The reality is democracy is the worst system… except for all the others.

In an ideal world you’d be able to vote for a candidate that is a perfect match for your political positions. But we’re pretty fucking far from an ideal world.

The reality of democracy is that isn’t about getting exactly what you want. It really only gives you a way to remove terrible people from power. And keep terrible people from gaining power.

Yeah that sucks, but it’s better than living in an authoritarian system where you have to use violence to remove terrible people from power. And likely fail and die while attempting to do so.

If Trump wins, that’s what it’ll be, an authoritarian system where you can’t remove the terrible person from power by voting.

If Biden wins, it’ll be more bullshit, but you’ll be able to vote again in the next election after that.

Gargantu8 ,

Do you really think you can reduce democracy down to being able to remove the worst people? I don’t necessarily disagree just find that interesting. What about if we also had ranked choice?

PersnickityPenguin ,

There best form of government is an enlightened despot, it so I’ve read. However if the wind of the king are law, then when things go bad, they really go bad. And the transition of power gets ugly.

SkyeStarfall ,

This is a bit of an odd take considering other countries already have better versions of democratic systems. Just take a page out of their books.

Comment105 ,

The problem with democracy is that humans are actually stupid fucking apes and they fear math, so they simplify the math to the point of undermining the whole system.

This problem also shows up in some welfare systems with a simple rather than gradual cutoff if you start working more. Stay below 60% employment or lose all help immediately.

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