Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuckerberg’s are really bad

Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by username223 on Thursday December 03, 2015 @12:27PM (#10670934)

Congressmen are mostly rich people rented by richer ones, but a small amount of plebian influence is surely better than none at all if you're into that whole "democracy" thing.

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Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by dorfsmay on Thursday December 03, 2015 @12:37PM (#10671035)

In terms of how to spend "extra money", I would have agreed with you before Bill Gates' foundation delivered result few governments ever did.

Heck, I'm in Alberta where we've had a government returning taxes when we had budget surplus... just before the election.

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Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by BuckRogers on Thursday December 03, 2015 @04:08PM (#10672653)

I've always wondered why more people aren't demanding direct democracy. I know why the founders of the US didn't go for it, but as a working class American I fail to see why I don't want direct democracy.

It would slow the pace of government doing stuff down and if someone got bribed, it would be me.

And even if we did wrong, at least we'd truly be responsible. And screwing things up is kind of our birthright.

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