i think it would be neat to be ruled over by a council of benevolent scientists, or perhaps a philosopher king. democracy just seems like a bad idea and it hasn’t been working very well. if it’s a popularity contest then we just get charismatic populists and demagogues.
the only way i think democracy would work is if we give animals the right to vote. I think with some technology we could figure out how to teach dogs and horses and dolphins to vote, that would be a good start. then maybe have like a council of tree experts and plant enthusiasts to represent the interests of plants in all votes.
Western bourgeois democracy is looking pretty fuckin’ lame yeah
Chinese and Cuban democracy are killin’ it
I hear so little about Chinese Democracy except “Xi Bad”. It’s very hard to get a read on a one party state from a nation that’s always had this oscillating two party system.
Frustrating that so much of the world is obscured by domestic propaganda FUD, because they seem genuinely fascinating.
I tried making an askchapo post about that, you can check out some of the links people posted to it.
There’s a lot of good stuff online on the topic: https://youtu.be/ChFRnI7-QS4
deleted by creator
Perhaps there could be some mechanism whereby the benevolent scientists or philosopher kings are chosen by taking into account the general opinion of the people they are accountable to
Liberal democracy is a farce.
Socialist democracy is for the people.
Democracy is just partially implemented by the bourgeoisie. Outside of the military where the Soviets found it didn’t work, I like democracy as a check-and-balance. It should just be totally equalised across and extended to economic lines. I should have a union job where I vote for the union officials in a co-op where I vote for my manager and our conditions. As a student I should be part of a student union which meaningfully represents my interests as a check against university power, and I should be able to vote for radicals in that union. I should be able to vote for the local/regional laws and ordinances that directly impact me, the officials who implement them, and I should be able to impact the national government I pay taxes to. That should just be a variation of what the Germans and Soviets tried. Councils becoming councils becoming councils, unions becoming unions becoming unions.
democracy would be an interesting thing for a western nation to attempt
