01-19-2018, 10:28 AM
(01-18-2018, 04:10 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: That just illustrates how companies and representative democracy can exploit public funds. I agree direct vote is not an instant cure all, but it ought to make for an improvement.
To make direct democracy work, you need a knowledgeable electorate, and that's not a given by any means. We live in an era where propaganda gets equal treatment with fact-based reporting, so anyone susceptible to being influenced by nonsense is easily swayed and rarely corrected. I fear it will get worse before it gets better, so representative democracy, as flawed as it is, may be our best option for now.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.