Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ...
by unityByFreedom on Saturday April 29, 2017 @05:41AM
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You mean like the public owning the means to production?
No thanks, too many cooks in the kitchen. We're a democratic republic specifically to avoid that.
As inept as we view our Congress to be, we're still a highly developed, functioning country.
Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ...
by ue_ on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:15AM
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>No thanks, too many cooks in the kitchen. We're a democratic republic specifically to avoid that.
To avoid what?
Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ...
by unityByFreedom on Saturday April 29, 2017 @12:49PM
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Uninformed decisions by masses who can't be expected to have the general knowledge to solve every issue. In a republic, we trust that our representatives will find and tap such experts to inform them. We don't always agree with the end decision, but, at least we are not on the chopping block. If some portion of the voting public became directly responsible for a poorly engineered bridge failure, or Flint water, I can only imagine the backlash. With a republic we can hold a small few responsible without upending everyone for their votes all the time.
Or alternatively, public (and by public I don't necessarily mean state) owned infrastructure, in which the public can vote directly for what they wish to be improved about it. The argument against the quality of infrastructure isn't very strong when it's the public that decides how the infrastructure is operated and which parts are improved. As for competition, I can't see why that's necessarily a good thing. It's a waste of finite resources.