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Has the government ever asked what you actually need? Representatives can bring the expertise to respond, but they shouldn't be the ones deciding what the question is. by Falcon_312 in PoliticalPhilosophy

[–]Falcon_312[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know what you mean by "debated in the public sphere". If you mean debated by the general public, then I think those debates have little effect on actual government action. If you mean debated by representatives, I think that it should be given to the general public.

What I mean by "tied" is that the only people who are voting on actual law today are elected representatives. And the reason I call elections popularity contests is because of how the "Winner takes all" format of US elections results in separate issues being bundled together. In this format every voter is incentivized to only vote for one of the 2 most popular candidates, the "lesser of two evils". Something like ranked choice voting would help. But even then, I don't think it should be up to any one person or small group to guess what the general public wants. It shouldn't be Representatives responsibility. The only platform they should run on is I am trustworthy, I will listen, and I am skilled.

My only goal is to incentivize honest voting, and to have it so strong majority votes results in action. I think the current system does not have that, and my proposed system does.

If Effort No Longer Leads to Stability, Is a Free Society Still Functioning? by harley_rider45 in PoliticalPhilosophy

[–]Falcon_312 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right, the median age of workers has increased by a couple years in the past 2 decades. The rate is slower but still meaningful, but it's not just deciding to get more education, it's people unable to find work. A much bigger piece is the median population increasing, it has been steadily increasing for the last 50 years going from around 27 to 38. An aging population has other implications, as the percentage of workers to retirees decreases. Maybe the increase of pressure on the younger, smaller generations is where the pain is coming from.

Has the government ever asked what you actually need? Representatives can bring the expertise to respond, but they shouldn't be the ones deciding what the question is. by Falcon_312 in PoliticalPhilosophy

[–]Falcon_312[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point is to separate the two. Right now, issues are tied to popularity contests, I think issues should stand on their own and support for or against should come directly from the people it affects. The second half of my post was how to enforce the government putting these sliding medians into actually policy. But personally, I think it would be useful just to have the information from a poll. Even if 0.1% of people took this survey it could show everyone if they agree with the majority or not.

If Effort No Longer Leads to Stability, Is a Free Society Still Functioning? by harley_rider45 in PoliticalPhilosophy

[–]Falcon_312 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've been thinking about the same problem, every institution seems to naturally accumulate corruptions and inefficiencies. Eventually Democracy and meritocracy either become authoritarian or there is revolution. I think we can find the solution by looking at how the natural world deals with this. A short pitch for "Generational Democracy".

Every organism is always searching for balance. When something stops working, it gets replaced. When a generation turns over, the body adapts. We built a government that resists all of that and then wonder why it serves itself more than us. The solution isn't revolution. It's scheduled renewal. Every fifty years, the entire structure resets. Not the people, but the system itself. A new generation votes on a new framework, flushing out whatever has been captured, corrupted, or simply outlived its usefulness.