Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: ltlee1@hotmail.com (ltlee1) Newsgroups: soc.culture.china Subject: Re: "Politicians Think You're Dumb" Re: The BBB model of Western democracy Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:45:11 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <8b74bc68fc0137dfcae453542ec4bf31@www.novabbs.com> References: <9537c77527d45b962ff8f3b8c79044b3@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1980348"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="pxsmGrN7Y7mF0hfJcY//7F6kiWqDRq/tZN4FOOcim3s"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: 0099cdd7dc5bd7b25c488bf8bcfab81a117b2ffc X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$zspuuNoWaiK7CVyWtLYc0uDi7UVxUeBb6T3kyNWPVq/DHx6fcacbq X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 1714 Lines: 11 Western democracy is suboptimal. But ritualistic voting is blocking democracy from evolving. The following from ""Democracy is like the appendix" by Dylan Evans in "What Should We be Worried" edited by John Brockman 2014: "Democracy is like the appendix. The very thing that makes majority dissatisfaction inevitable in a democracy—the voting mechanism—also makes it hard for a better political system to develop. The reforms that would be necessary to pave the way for alternative systems of governance lie well outside the safe middle ground of the median voter. Politicians advocating such reforms are unlikely, therefore, to be voted into office."