Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.quux.org!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!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: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 21:53:45 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: <9537c77527d45b962ff8f3b8c79044b3@www.novabbs.com> <8b74bc68fc0137dfcae453542ec4bf31@www.novabbs.com> <1743438455.222661@nyx2.nyx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2730178"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="pxsmGrN7Y7mF0hfJcY//7F6kiWqDRq/tZN4FOOcim3s"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$vjnj5v34xqluLi2lQKzhx.W7RCtNsieui/CUlpd4RvgDsws22WGhe X-Rslight-Posting-User: 0099cdd7dc5bd7b25c488bf8bcfab81a117b2ffc How to improve democracy? A guide: 1.0 Democracy is about rule by the people. 2.0 Representative Democracy is a better version than Plato's version of democracy 2.1.0 Representative Democracy is operated on a BBB model. 2.1.1 In Western Democracies, Ritualistic voting and democracy are often seen as one and the same thing. 2.1.2 In reality, Ritualistic elections block democracy from evolving. 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." 2.1.2.1 Ritualistic elections over-demand the people. 2.1.2.1.1 Why many people don't vote? 2.1.2.2 Ritualistic elections under-demand the people. 2.1.2.2.1 Why Election with low approval rating were elected term after term.