Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!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: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 13:25:43 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <2f699e011761a70f1cdaea508dbad9a1@www.novabbs.com> References: <9537c77527d45b962ff8f3b8c79044b3@www.novabbs.com> <8b74bc68fc0137dfcae453542ec4bf31@www.novabbs.com> <1743438455.222661@nyx2.nyx.net> <1743594354.227569@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="2817684"; 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$10$FODqKLss2COLPn/uc2FMeO0xNLBvpkGKyqORxBJRTRsDdI23/WLza X-Rslight-Posting-User: 0099cdd7dc5bd7b25c488bf8bcfab81a117b2ffc Why is Plato's conception of democracy discarded? Simple. Plato grossly mischaracterized the people's collective ability to govern. Why is Voting bad for democracy? The same reason: Voting, likely mobbing, grossly mischaracterize people's collective ability to govern. If one wants argue that ritualistic voting is somehow infallible and therefore the best for the people, please do. Anyway, I had presented Rasmussen Report's surveys in which likely that 3 out of 4 likely voters in the US said the US government did not govern with the consent of the people. WHY? Are these US citizens dumb as many elected officials in various Western Democracies think their citizens are?