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is democracy actually good? what would some alternatives be? (hexbear.net)
submitted 7 months ago by geese_feces@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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i think it would be neat to be ruled over by a council of benevolent scientists, or perhaps a philosopher king. democracy just seems like a bad idea and it hasn't been working very well. if it's a popularity contest then we just get charismatic populists and demagogues.

the only way i think democracy would work is if we give animals the right to vote. I think with some technology we could figure out how to teach dogs and horses and dolphins to vote, that would be a good start. then maybe have like a council of tree experts and plant enthusiasts to represent the interests of plants in all votes.

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[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Bourgeois domination of media, education, and elections sets up a feedback loop, cultivating a more and more reactionary 'public opinion'. It can be undone just as it was done, but it might also involve personally roughing up each core resident while ordering them to put on the glasses for ten minutes like in They Live glasses-on

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

An army of large burly communist wrestlers beating up random californians to make them put on the dialectical materialism glasses in an alley in fresno.

[–] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 7 months ago

You should post this as a review on IMDB. 10/10