I don't understand how people can always talk themselves up here. I would like to see a direct democracy like in Switzerland. All these clown noses can only point the finger at you and what exactly does that achieve? It cuts us off from the world and with your "ethics" & "morals" people can't eat or drink anything either. Just the level of unqualified people sitting in politics and indulging in tiktok and writing social media posts and pulling in more non-thinking people. It's a completely deluded world and whoever comes to me with the argument that if nobody starts nothing will happen! Take off your clown nose yourself, people will always find ways because they are controlled by their minds and you can imagine anything you want. The biggest beast is and remains man. 👀☝️ We have developed speed But inwardly we have stood still We let machines work for us And they also think for us Wisdom has made us arrogant And our knowledge cold and hard We speak too much and feel too little But first comes humanity And only then the machines Before wisdom and knowledge comes tolerance and kindness Without humanity and charity, our existence is not worth living .
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@fLyZeee But it is also a fact that direct democracy has extreme weaknesses. For example, populism will gain a lot of influence, because most citizens have far too little expertise to understand the consequences and vote emotionally (e.g. death penalty etc.). I am generally in favor of a technocracy, provided that decisions are really made based on science and not lobbying.
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•@Staatsmann and you're telling me that this whole lot isn't based on "populism"? Most citizens have no idea because they don't take the time to listen to what is ringing in their ears. Plus all kinds of manipulation from various media. I would even prefer harsher penalties, everyone just laughs about it. Technocracy sounds exciting, but it won't catch on because common sense has never caught on.
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@fLyZeee Did I claim that things are different now? But direct democracy offers many more opportunities for populism to prevail.
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@Staatsmann When I read through the first few sentences, it sounds like that. Sorry if that wasn't your intention. Yes well, I'm always the practitioner before always thinking through these eternally long theories that are useless in reality.
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