is democracy actually good? what would some alternatives be?
is democracy actually good? what would some alternatives be?
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.
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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.
There’s a lot of good stuff online on the topic: https://youtu.be/ChFRnI7-QS4
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getting slapped with the multi-volume edition of "Socialism With Chinese Characteristics"
Okay, yes, fine. Although, that's a bit different from the news-of-the-day trickle feed of history we get from modern western media.
There's also a lot of bad stuff online about the topic: https://youtu.be/FfIZr38DLSg?si=PlF0pJo_cnipPRhs
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