The age of information has ruined politics.

[Gwaihir]

Originally Posted by Penish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why haven't democratic countries swapped to a direct democracy?

You mean, like, mob rule? Where the a literally retarded person's vote offsets a genius'? Like that kind of "true democracy"?

Was Lenin operating a true democracy? Was Mao? How bout Stalin, Gorbachev, Putin? Who is operating a true democracy?

Should a heroin addict with an addled mind be given an equal vote? How about someone with alcohol-induced Dementia? Are you advocating a system where we are ruled by the most persuasive Pied Piper?

[hobart]

Originally Posted by Gwaihir [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You mean, like, mob rule? Where the a literally retarded person's vote offsets a genius'? Like that kind of "true democracy"?

I won't call Hillary voters geniuses by any stretch, but the retards votes did offset in that election. We have a lot of retards.

Education is the only hope for non-toxic politics in this country. And considering that I get notes about once per quarter where I can "opt-out" of my kids learning about things like science and civics based on my religious or political bias, I don't hold much hope there.

[Penish]

Originally Posted by hobart [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I won't call Hillary voters geniuses by any stretch, but the retards votes did offset in that election. We have a lot of retards.

Education is the only hope for non-toxic politics in this country. And considering that I get notes about once per quarter where I can "opt-out" of my kids learning about things like science and civics based on my religious or political bias, I don't hold much hope there.

I wonder if masks made out of grandma's old hand towels are helping? lol

[Penish]

Originally Posted by Gwaihir [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You mean, like, mob rule? Where the a literally retarded person's vote offsets a genius'? Like that kind of "true democracy"?

Was Lenin operating a true democracy? Was Mao? How bout Stalin, Gorbachev, Putin? Who is operating a true democracy?

Should a heroin addict with an addled mind be given an equal vote? How about someone with alcohol-induced Dementia? Are you advocating a system where we are ruled by the most persuasive Pied Piper?

So like, if someone had to write (and pass) a test to vote, a direct democracy might actually work?

[Gwaihir]

Originally Posted by Penish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So like, if someone had to write (and pass) a test to vote, a direct democracy might actually work?

Possibly. However, while narcissism is fairly easy to detect, it's very difficult to detect sociopathy in individuals, as socioathy insinuates a cunning that is impossible to assess if the individual is familiar with DSM V, and other personality inventories as they assume honesty/naivete in the assessment of projectionary psychology.

[Penish]

Originally Posted by Gwaihir [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Possibly. However, while narcissism is fairly easy to detect, it's very difficult to detect sociopathy in individuals, as socioathy insinuates a cunning that is impossible to assess if the individual is familiar with DSM V, and other personality inventories as they assume honesty/naivete in the assessment of projectionary psychology.

Bro stop deflecting

[Gwaihir]

Originally Posted by Penish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Bro stop deflecting

Wrong word. I was expounding. It's not merely a matter of intelligence. Sociopathy/narcissism are not desirable traits in a voterbase or (as it currently is) in leadership.

[Byue]

Originally Posted by Gwaihir [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You mean, like, mob rule? Where the a literally retarded person's vote offsets a genius'? Like that kind of "true democracy"?

Was Lenin operating a true democracy? Was Mao? How bout Stalin, Gorbachev, Putin? Who is operating a true democracy?

Should a heroin addict with an addled mind be given an equal vote? How about someone with alcohol-induced Dementia? Are you advocating a system where we are ruled by the most persuasive Pied Piper?

Do you think you are smart for asking these questions in such a lame way?
Smarter men than you answered your question a long time ago.



We have our answers.
Keep asking these questions like they are new though, this is how you tell the world you have not completed high school.

45 got to be president, so we now know that a stupid's person vote count just as much as a smarter one and you did not seem to mind back then. 45's lies were just as good as anything, even in the age of information, where you can go and check for yourself.

45 lies caught on.
People would live fact check 45 and find major discrepancy between words and reality yet he has a cult-like following.

I concur that the age of information has not ruined politics.
Because information is how you arm yourself against lies.
Which makes for better politics.


Take left right off the equation, for a second.
he fucking President of Finland, when he takes the subway, keep his receipt because he needs it to get reimbursed. When officials fly to other countries, they fly coach.

These people understand something we don't.
Their politics is good, quality of life keep improving for most of the population.
Their sovereign funds are growing.

They realized that political opponent still try to make the country better, just with different ideas. They understand that to rein in themselves, is to rein in the opposition. They try to pass as much information to the public as they can.

Why is this not a model?
A: because a lot of people do not know this.


Reading comments about how nazis were socialist.
in the age of information, it is relatively easy to learn why they never were socialist and why they slapped that name there but this requires some research and as the name of this thread indicate, people are not keen on information, they want confirmation bias to work in their favour.


Like Jibardick thinking that I am the left.
A little education could do him good but no.

No, he fucking knows.
He's basically like Tyrion Lannister but instead of wine, he is more like, "I whine and know things."

Use google?
I SAID I KNOW why use Google even just to check fuck you Byue.

[Jibartik]

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Run of the mill Byue post.

[Horza]

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Run of the mill Byue post.

It's nice to see a Trump retard with a sense of humor after Teppler's sieg heiling.