- Jake 640 kiloton should be enough for anybody
I find it better to vote every 2-3-4 years and let the guys work. Big countries cannot practically be governed, say, by referendum, or other associative means. Just a pragmatic view. Is it possible? I think not, except Liechtenstein and such.
An ideological view. I find it better to vote every 2-3-4 years and let the guys work.
I find it better to vote every 2-3-4 years and let the guys work.
What do you think they do, when they work? Politics is a neverending power struggle between different groups for different changes in society. If ordinary people and their organisations leave walk over after the vote has been cast, that just means that their interests will not be considered until you approach the next election. Left on the scene will be the media owners, the lobbyists, the internal wrangling for position in the parties etc. Of course, if you prefer the results that would yield, you would prefer to "let the guys work".
So I guess you mistyped.
An ideological view: I find it better to vote every 2-3-4 years and let the guys work.
There, fixed it for you.
Parliamentarian democracy introduces a level of indirection. It is them who bother about it, and are responsible for it. I prefer delegation to direct democracy, I'm not ready or competent to vote on every issue, and I'm not sure we can devise a system of certification of any social organization, their own interests, their own competences and so on.
Bref, the case is far more complicated than just labeling today's democracy as inherently ideological.
But hey, what does Jefferson know about democracy anyway :-P
