The scary problem with democracy is...

[LAS14]

... the ignorance and short sightedness of the electorate.

What can we do about this? How can we avoid the fate of civilizations that literally killed themselves?

[no_hypocrisy]

1. To me, the scary part is that democracy is based wholly on choice.

If you get enough people to work against it, to be apathetic to its weakening and demise, it doesn't matter how much you and I want to continue government in the democratic model.

[dave99]

5. based on responsibility, which a LARGE percentage or men and women run from in the U.S.

[kentuck]

2. The problem with democracy, as I see it...

...is that the elected leaders are never able to tax enough from the wealthy to meet the needs of the many.

[dave99]

3. EDUCATION What Republicans have been destroying since 1959

[EarthFirst]

4. Billionaires need to be eliminated.

They’ve managed to find a comfortable seat at the G7.

We’re at a turning point.

Fuck billionaires.

[moondust]

6. By contrast...

the Soviet government used to have 5-year plans and the communist government of China still has 5-year plans. Even India had them until 2017. I don't know how good or bad they turned out to be but no doubt they contributed to more people doing more longer-term thinking.

Would it make a difference if U.S. political parties had 5-year plans? It might contribute to more longer-term thinking but harder to enact long-term policies when so much is driven by free markets rather than a centralized government.