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    except its not really us being represented up there. we just choose the lesser evil they put up to us dont we?

    what i mean is that its not a good representative democracy

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      7 months ago

      Is the majority of your country really better than its representation?

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        7 months ago

        yes, take for example taxing the rich. majority of people want it, most politicians wont even touch the subject. at best they will lie about it and then not even try.

        there are many many other issues like this, just took the low hanging example.

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          I am not sure the majority of the country, if they were put in the same position of power, would not do the same.

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              Because I think the majority of people are easy to corrupt, it takes exceptional people to resist the temptation of an easy life for you and your relatives.

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                7 months ago

                yes! thats exactly why i say rich people are to blame for most societal issues, and the model of democracy we currently have is very flawed. both of these things concentrate too much power.

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                  yes! thats exactly why i say rich people are to blame for most societal issues

                  But you agreed most people would do the same in their place, didn’t you? So it’s a general human issue rather than only rich people’s fault, isn’t it? Agreed that most democracies are flawed, but I still think social democracy is the best we have for now.

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                    not really. if we didnt allow people to get so rich in the first place, it would not be that much of a problem.

                    socialism has a better track record when it comes to this of course there are exceptions either way. a lot of the good stuff in socdem comes fron socialists anyway.

                    of course we dont have a 100% solution, just a possible step forward as it always is with humanity.