stacksatsio on Nostr: >”But if the solution is to "burn it all down," what exactly replaces it? ...
>”But if the solution is to "burn it all down," what exactly replaces it? Authoritarianism and censorship?”
Ah sir, look around you right now and tell me what you see?
>”Every historical attempt at "fixing democracy" by replacing it with a more "efficient" system has ended in mass repression, violence, and even more manipulation of the public. These things will always be true no matter what. There will always be a power structure.”
This is arse backwards. World War I saw the monarchies torn down in favour of democracy, and how did that work out?
Democracy is by its nature mass repression, imposed by violence and manipulation of the public.
Just because that repression is expressed “only” against 49.9% of the populace, doesn’t make it more noble.
>”If you’re worried about people being manipulated, the answer isn’t to take away their say in governance. It’s to educate them, expose them to more viewpoints, and demand accountability from those in power.”
Again, look around you.
Everybody IS “educated”. They’ve all received mandatory schooling and are fed state-sponsored narratives from regulated media and look where that has gotten us - a heaving mass of compliant lemmings.
Your arguments don’t carry any weight when you cannot acknowledge reality as it exists and just philosophise about what ought be.
Ah sir, look around you right now and tell me what you see?
>”Every historical attempt at "fixing democracy" by replacing it with a more "efficient" system has ended in mass repression, violence, and even more manipulation of the public. These things will always be true no matter what. There will always be a power structure.”
This is arse backwards. World War I saw the monarchies torn down in favour of democracy, and how did that work out?
Democracy is by its nature mass repression, imposed by violence and manipulation of the public.
Just because that repression is expressed “only” against 49.9% of the populace, doesn’t make it more noble.
>”If you’re worried about people being manipulated, the answer isn’t to take away their say in governance. It’s to educate them, expose them to more viewpoints, and demand accountability from those in power.”
Again, look around you.
Everybody IS “educated”. They’ve all received mandatory schooling and are fed state-sponsored narratives from regulated media and look where that has gotten us - a heaving mass of compliant lemmings.
Your arguments don’t carry any weight when you cannot acknowledge reality as it exists and just philosophise about what ought be.