Re:DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled with Mistakes
by ZeroGravitas on Sunday February 23, 2025 @05:14AM
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As a fan of democracy, I always like to point out when people complain about the results of the democratic process in the US, that the US has many well understood flaws in its democracy that could be fixed to the benefit of all by increasing the level democracy.
Some examples are:
* Voting systems that don't encourage polarization * Mandatory voting * Anti-gerryamndering
But there's lots, from small scale to large, within and outside of political parties and politics generally.
It's a bit "no true democracy" but generally giving people a say seems to work really well, even in the face of people trying to sub wet it.
Politics is about sticking it to the other side, even if it means hurting oneself in the process.
I'm not sure anymore the famous Churchill quote about democracy[0] is true. Elections inevitably produce populism, and populism often lead to catastrophe. But we haven't tried "all the other" forms of government, and some could be tried again. Sortition being a prime candidate:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
[0] “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”