The fun thing with governments in a democracy is that it’s still a free market of ideas and you vote with your vote, instead of voting with your wallet which increasingly has little meaning when dealing with these billionaires.
It takes an enormous amount of buy in. Democracy is a fragile system even at the best of times. It takes a lot to take people who disagree with each other to talk and haggle with each other long enough to make sensible things happen. And it can feel world-ending when your choice loses.
In times of crisis or uncertainty (like these past 10-15 years) some people might think they need a strongman to lead them. The problem with strongmen of course is that they surround themselves by yes-men and they never seem to know when to stop. I can sympathise with the people who want this, but I can’t say I agree with the impulse.
The fun thing with governments in a democracy is that it’s still a free market of ideas and you vote with your vote, instead of voting with your wallet which increasingly has little meaning when dealing with these billionaires.
Turns out, people get quite angry when the person they voted for doesn’t win.
Then, you end up with people wanting to change how democracy works.
people get angry when the person with the most votes doesn’t win (which has happened 3 times in living memory) and then want to change how it works.
It takes an enormous amount of buy in. Democracy is a fragile system even at the best of times. It takes a lot to take people who disagree with each other to talk and haggle with each other long enough to make sensible things happen. And it can feel world-ending when your choice loses.
In times of crisis or uncertainty (like these past 10-15 years) some people might think they need a strongman to lead them. The problem with strongmen of course is that they surround themselves by yes-men and they never seem to know when to stop. I can sympathise with the people who want this, but I can’t say I agree with the impulse.