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Voting, the be all and end all of modern democratic politicians, has become a farce, if indeed it was ever anything else. By voting, the people decide only which of the oligarchs preselected for them as viable candidates will wield the whip used to flog them and will command the legion of willing accomplices and anointed lickspittles who perpetrate the countless violations of the people’s natural rights. Meanwhile, the masters soothe the masses by assuring them night and day that they — the plundered and bullied multitudes who compose the electorate — are themselves the government.

Robert Higgs

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Celata 2y ago

Elective representative democracy is only one kind of democracy though. In Athenian #democracy #sortition was used to randomly select officials from the populace at large, in the same way that jurors are chosen for trials nowadays, and there are other possible solutions as well - e.g. direct democracy, although this has many documented problems related to how the populace get their information.

Michael Matulef 2y ago

Does the Democratic process make it ok to threaten people, to initiate force against peaceful people?

Celata 2y ago

Democracy is just a form of government. The ethics and morality of initiating force against innocents are regulated by international agreements, not governments.

Michael Matulef 2y ago

Bill Cypher 2y ago

If a nation is going to have elected government, every ballot for every office needs a "fuck all those candidates" option.

If that option wins, those candidates are barred from ever holding public office again. The election for that office starts over from 0. And finally, the office sits empty until someone actually wins.

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