Akvod said:
Rath said:
Akvod said:
If you can write in anyone, then that'll be akin to having a shit load of voters, and split parties every single election (people voting for Clinton in the last election for example).
If you make it mandatory, then the Republicans may always lose, and people who aren't really interested and informed about the issues, candidates, etc will vote, probably based purely on the letter the candidates have next to their names.
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You just described current politics in damned near every democracy.
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Should we go with a dictatorship like Socrates wanted? >.<
I see it like this:
Monarchy->Aristocracy->Democracy->Republic->Dictatorship
And then back again.
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"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
Democracy is broken, it's just a hell of a lot less broken than all the other forms of government that we've found. There is still a lot of work to be done in my opinion towards getting a form of democracy that takes into account the fact that voters are selfish, stupid and unable to see further than the next paycheck.
