Lee Duna to World [email protected]English • 2 years agoDemocracy in decline worldwide, new report sayswww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1593
arrow-up1593external-linkDemocracy in decline worldwide, new report sayswww.politico.euLee Duna to World [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink3•2 years agoYes and we should all agree on who is going to represent us. Otherwise the losing party is disenfranchised.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoYou’re not going to get unanimous approval for anything when your group size is several thousand people
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoPerhaps. But this is the system we have.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years agoAlso, smaller groups mean more representatives, which means unanimity/consensus as you say would also be unlikely at the national level.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink2•2 years agoI don’t believe in nations, either, so that’s not a problem for me
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoSorry to inform you of this, but nations exist whether you want to believe in them or not.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink1•2 years agoJust like God, right? God exists regardless of whether I believe in Him?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoThe difference is, there is evidence for nations existence while there is none for any floating man in the sky who judges you when you die.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink1•2 years agoWhat evidence? There’s no borders on the earth. All of the evidence for nations is the same as evidence for god: stuff people made.
Yes and we should all agree on who is going to represent us. Otherwise the losing party is disenfranchised.
You’re not going to get unanimous approval for anything when your group size is several thousand people
Maybe the groups should be smaller then
Perhaps. But this is the system we have.
Also, smaller groups mean more representatives, which means unanimity/consensus as you say would also be unlikely at the national level.
I don’t believe in nations, either, so that’s not a problem for me
Sorry to inform you of this, but nations exist whether you want to believe in them or not.
Just like God, right? God exists regardless of whether I believe in Him?
The difference is, there is evidence for nations existence while there is none for any floating man in the sky who judges you when you die.
What evidence? There’s no borders on the earth. All of the evidence for nations is the same as evidence for god: stuff people made.