Nostr

I think some fundamental rights must be guaranteed regardless of what the majority wants and that’s usually the purpose of a Constitution, however when it comes to pass bills and policies it’s unclear to me what would be a better system than a majority system. The problem though is that bills aren’t currently passed by the majority. Electing representatives through majority voting isn’t the same as majority voting of bills. Representatives are too easily corrupted and/or mislead the voters regarding their intentions. Most of what is passed, the majority doesn’t actually want. We need more direct #democracy and/or random selection of representatives.

FreedomTech 1y ago

We need a freedom democracy, not the forced-collectivist democracy the world has right now.

In a freedom democracy, bureaucrats can vote on which government services they can OFFER the people, but they cannot force any government service or product onto anyone. People get to decide at an individual level whether or nor they want to use, pay for or support any government service.

"There is no maxim in my opinion which is more liable to be misapplied, and which therefore needs elucidation than the current one that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.... In fact it is only reestablishing under another name a more specious form, force as the measure of right...."

— James Madison, letter to James Monroe, October 5, 1786 (see The Founders Almanac, by Matthew Spalding, The Heritage Foundation, 2002, p. 177)

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LogicallyMinded 1y ago

I guess I don’t really understand what you mean by « government services and products ». Governments usually don’t produce anything. Instead they set the rules within which the society is permitted to function. Are you suggesting that bills and regulations should be optional or am I misunderstanding the point?

kevskewl 1y ago

Something on the lines of voluntarism ?