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346 points Kye | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 17:41 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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favflam ◴[25 Aug 25 18:00 UTC] No.45016762[source]▶
This situation feels dumb. I feel like I am watching idiots cheer on someone doing parkor and that person getting his teeth smashed on a wall. Like, what is the point?
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mullingitover ◴[25 Aug 25 18:05 UTC] No.45016847[source]▶
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

- H. L. Mencken

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uncircle ◴[25 Aug 25 18:10 UTC] No.45016924[source]▶
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

- Winston Churchill [disputed]

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coryrc ◴[25 Aug 25 18:15 UTC] No.45016993[source]▶
What's your alternative?

I'm serious.

(Mine is multi-member ranked voting (NOT IRV)).

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uncircle ◴[25 Aug 25 18:41 UTC] No.45017380[source]▶
Can’t get into details in a forum comment, but I’ll say that whatever we have in most of the Western world ain’t very democratic. It is a spectrum, that currently skews very hard towards plutarchy.

The positive thing about having a king is that there was only one head to cut when things got out of hand.

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44887634

I’m no monarchist, but it’s about time to have a serious discussion about political philosophy instead of hiding behind the “Western representative democracy is the best we can do” cliché.

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1. nine_k ◴[25 Aug 25 18:53 UTC] No.45017536{3}[source]▶
> only one head to cut when things got out of hand.

History has been showing time and again that it's an illusion. Bad governance structures and corruption get entrenched, and gladly plead allegiance to a new king.