If all decision making is done by a small handful of elites, then the system will always be captured by that small handful of elites. There must always be some form of direct democracy available to ensure citizens can correct systemic failures of their representation.
Tag: best possible world
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The Best Possible World
I want to start a collection of ideas for the future, about what kind of future would be good. There are too many narratives of hell, what should we have instead? Imagine there are no restrictions whatsoever, what should we have?
- We guarantee human rights, like food, water, shelter, and healthcare
- We guarantee a right to privacy
- We add an open national ballot, so that decision making cannot be captured by elites
- We ban advertising