@aral Democracy worked while topics we voted were simple. Where to plant forest, build roads. Today? Regular Joe cannot understand topics.
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@gpeuc Democracy isn’t just a vote. We must strengthen democratic instruments, remove influence of corp finance, increase transparency… -
@aral yea but we have to vote to get those done, right? And that will never happen. Voting to remove corporate influence … see the flaw?
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@aral Non-corpocratic democracy that is. Capitalism has its own facsimile of democracy -
@WikiTerms Yep. Not corporatocracy, democracy :)
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@CamiloGuezRodri sadly that's just wishful thinking. People either elect representatives(and we suck at that) or anarchy ensues.@aral -
@CamiloGuezRodri and anarchy is also not applicable in a big enough society.@aral -
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@aral Wait, you actually oppose capitalism as oppose to corporatism and oligarchies? Isn't antitrust supposed to support democracy? -
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@CamiloGuezRodri@aral Yeah, when I say antitrust I mean when governments break up big businesses. -
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@CamiloGuezRodri@aral Political will comes from people, it reflects them. And people are diverse, hence the churn. -
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@aral how do you define democracy then? How do "the people" have control if not through the state? This model has sadly failed so many timesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral IMHO, democracy got us in problems we are today. Silly idea that everyone’s vote is equal (idiot vs. PhD scientist). -
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