You would prefer a bunch of DMV workers and carpenters and minimum wage waiters decide how taxes should be formulated? I've taken a lot more than a week's worth of law classes, and I certainly couldn't do it.
I don't think people are educated enough to govern themselves. Or more to the point, the other thousands of people living in this country. I'd much rather have people who I voted for (or at least who many people voted for) than a random sampling of 12 complete strangers, who's anonymity would remove any accountability from this scenario.
Why let people vote for their senators or presidents if they're not smart enough to know what's best for them? Why have juries in courts if the judges could just sentence better?
I don't think the people who are currently doing it are any more qualified than I am. They aren't using any expertise in law or economics to make decisions, they're doing whatever will make them look better to people who don't understand what they're doing.
You should have voted for Ron Paul, if you're going the "radical with limited understanding of our system and lack of any sensible alternative" route. Ron Paul's maybe not radical enough, but he's closer than the rest.
I'm not sure how serious you're being. Apologies if I'm misreading the tone.
I'm vaguely serious. I'm frustrated with incredibly stupid people in office. Offering possible alternatives without doing research etc, I don't expect them to be adopted, nor do I know what would happen if they were, but they're fun.
Also you have to be aware that not all radical ideas are the same, and simply taking away enormous chunks of government isn't what I'm after at all.
Well, a little bit, but the more I look at it these days what I'm after more is redundant democratic systems that can compete... or something.
I actually have a pretty good layman's understanding of our system, but I don't think there's anyone I've read who thinks our system isn't broken. They rarely agree on what to do or how it's broken but everyone agrees that it needs work.
ok, I don't think the system is broken, and neither do the majority of people in this country. People sometimes say they think it's broken, but actions rarely line up with that... when people say it's broken, they usually mean that it's flawed (I think it's flawed), or they have a limited understanding of the system and decide to ignore the complexities involved in any large republic. A few, very few, intelligently and seriously analyze the situation and call it broken.
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Kristoff's one of the best columnists in the country.
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The site's not accepting my password for no reason so I can't support this right now but I will. He's a self-righteous dick.
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I've taken a lot more than a week's worth of law classes, and I certainly couldn't do it.
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I don't think the people who are currently doing it are any more qualified than I am. They aren't using any expertise in law or economics to make decisions, they're doing whatever will make them look better to people who don't understand what they're doing.
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I'm not sure how serious you're being. Apologies if I'm misreading the tone.
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Well, a little bit, but the more I look at it these days what I'm after more is redundant democratic systems that can compete... or something.
I actually have a pretty good layman's understanding of our system, but I don't think there's anyone I've read who thinks our system isn't broken. They rarely agree on what to do or how it's broken but everyone agrees that it needs work.
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