top | item 46924918 (no title) flkiwi | 24 days ago Well the obvious solution is take away the vote for over-65s!/s … maybe discuss order hn newest mikkupikku|24 days ago They do have less stake in the future and want short term policy payoffs... generic92034|24 days ago Combine that with the initiatives of many a conservative or liberal political party to raise the retirement age beyond or up to 70 years.Yeah, you have to work but you are not allowed to drive or vote any longer. Sounds fair. HPsquared|24 days ago It's not like voting does anything, anyway. Once elected, they do what they want. steveBK123|24 days ago I’ve come around to the belief that the biggest benefit of democracy is not choosing the best and wisest leaders.The benefit is the regular ability to remove bad leaders. It doesn’t always happen as fast as we want but it happens eventually.It’s not perfect, but imagine your least favorite president instead presiding for decades until death or coup. zdc1|24 days ago The purpose of a system is what it does. There's lots of literature on what the best, or at least better, voting systems (hello preference voting) and decision making approaches are. Getting them implemented is another story. load replies (1)
generic92034|24 days ago Combine that with the initiatives of many a conservative or liberal political party to raise the retirement age beyond or up to 70 years.Yeah, you have to work but you are not allowed to drive or vote any longer. Sounds fair.
HPsquared|24 days ago It's not like voting does anything, anyway. Once elected, they do what they want. steveBK123|24 days ago I’ve come around to the belief that the biggest benefit of democracy is not choosing the best and wisest leaders.The benefit is the regular ability to remove bad leaders. It doesn’t always happen as fast as we want but it happens eventually.It’s not perfect, but imagine your least favorite president instead presiding for decades until death or coup. zdc1|24 days ago The purpose of a system is what it does. There's lots of literature on what the best, or at least better, voting systems (hello preference voting) and decision making approaches are. Getting them implemented is another story. load replies (1)
steveBK123|24 days ago I’ve come around to the belief that the biggest benefit of democracy is not choosing the best and wisest leaders.The benefit is the regular ability to remove bad leaders. It doesn’t always happen as fast as we want but it happens eventually.It’s not perfect, but imagine your least favorite president instead presiding for decades until death or coup.
zdc1|24 days ago The purpose of a system is what it does. There's lots of literature on what the best, or at least better, voting systems (hello preference voting) and decision making approaches are. Getting them implemented is another story. load replies (1)
mikkupikku|24 days ago
generic92034|24 days ago
Yeah, you have to work but you are not allowed to drive or vote any longer. Sounds fair.
HPsquared|24 days ago
steveBK123|24 days ago
The benefit is the regular ability to remove bad leaders. It doesn’t always happen as fast as we want but it happens eventually.
It’s not perfect, but imagine your least favorite president instead presiding for decades until death or coup.
zdc1|24 days ago