Re:Judge orders police to stop collecting data from license ...
by SkyBelow on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @01:44PM
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> If you have enough money (from voting how the people with the money want you to vote) to steamroll whoever you're running against you don't actually have to listen to your constituents that much.
Perhaps we need to reconsider the idea of running government on the basis of a popularity content. Perhaps we should give strange women lying in ponds dispensing swords a reconsideration.
Re:Judge orders police to stop collecting data from license ...
by ScottFree on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @04:05PM
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> Perhaps we should give strange women lying in ponds dispensing swords a reconsideration.
Bring back Monarchy and Manifest Destiny? How would that be any different than what we have now? Money can be used to influence Kings and Kingdoms just as easily as politicians.
If we could ever secure mobile devices and servers well enough, I think a direct democracy could be interesting. Mob rule, for all it's faults, still works better than having a ruling class.
> Perhaps we need to reconsider the idea of running government on the basis of a popularity conte_s_t.
Have I spotted a Dvorak user in the wild? :)
Re:Judge orders police to stop collecting data from license ...
by forgottenpass on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:58PM
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>2)The MA 5th column.
Build the wall.
I blame that on two things (in no particular order).
1) There's been tons of money dangled in front of state legislators incentivizing them to break from what their constituents actually want because both the national parties want to make the state theirs. If you have enough money (from voting how the people with the money want you to vote) to steamroll whoever you're running against you don't actually have to listen to your constituents that much.
2)The MA 5th column.