andreaskrueger t1_iwv5jme wrote
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You are caught up in a logical loop.
Yes, a vast number of people has no clue nor do they care (or are manipulated). And by the construction of democracy itself (e.g. majority voting) that has then been leading to this type of governance "not functioning properly"; the biggest problems stayed unsolved. Ergo most likely outcome is apocalyptic.
ValyrianJedi t1_iwva1h5 wrote
The entire purpose of democracy is to put the power in the hands of the people though. The people not choosing to address something that you want to be addressed doesn't mean that democracy isn't functioning
andreaskrueger t1_iwvk9fe wrote
Yes, I agree. But then this 'entire purpose of democracy' might be the flaw that is going to cause the mass murder?
Whether a political ideology lives up to its own standards or not - is that really the most important overall criterion here?
"Internally", with its own expectations ("put the power in the hands of the people") it might seem to function, but that is not what my "not functioning properly" was all about!
THE ONLY governance system which could establish collectively binding decisions ...
(and which should have long ago already changed the direction of our current route towards annihilation, or at least mass death and massively deteriorated living conditions, for everyone but the very rich) ...
... has NOT been solving the biggest collective issues.
So it is not "functioning properly".
shrug
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