Not directly related (I just don’t get it either aesthetically or humorously) but there’s something which seems to be ignored nowadays: the original Greek Democracy was based by town and also the « demos », people which were highly segregated from « the other people ». The word « barbarian » actually described non-Greek people coming from the North.
Nowadays, democracy (which rightfully doesn’t deserve its Capital D anymore) is just a trick to get the masses unhappily mixed, frightened and obedient.
The point is that in order to get anything done, you absolutely need a very long time horizon to plan things. For this, you need things like governments and laws and taxes to be inherently stable. But a free-for-all pure democracy is the opposite of inherently stable.
If you cannot count on relative stability, you cannot plan and invest in the long-term and if you cannot do that, you 100% fail to compete with those who can.
This is why the US now has a uniparty and clans of hereditary politicians. Whatever the original idea was, the system necessarily tends towards increased stability. And why the system absolutely went nuts when Trump was elected explicitly to make it less stagnant.
So if you want to fix democracy, you need to figure out how to maximize stability while also making sure the stagnant stable system doesn't become a swamp. Good luck with that :)
Not directly related (I just don’t get it either aesthetically or humorously) but there’s something which seems to be ignored nowadays: the original Greek Democracy was based by town and also the « demos », people which were highly segregated from « the other people ». The word « barbarian » actually described non-Greek people coming from the North.
Nowadays, democracy (which rightfully doesn’t deserve its Capital D anymore) is just a trick to get the masses unhappily mixed, frightened and obedient.
A pure democracy doesn't work even in theory.
The point is that in order to get anything done, you absolutely need a very long time horizon to plan things. For this, you need things like governments and laws and taxes to be inherently stable. But a free-for-all pure democracy is the opposite of inherently stable.
If you cannot count on relative stability, you cannot plan and invest in the long-term and if you cannot do that, you 100% fail to compete with those who can.
This is why the US now has a uniparty and clans of hereditary politicians. Whatever the original idea was, the system necessarily tends towards increased stability. And why the system absolutely went nuts when Trump was elected explicitly to make it less stagnant.
So if you want to fix democracy, you need to figure out how to maximize stability while also making sure the stagnant stable system doesn't become a swamp. Good luck with that :)