Comment by smaudet
4 years ago
"truly believing in Democracy"
Right, the reason Democracy degenerates is due inherent disagreement, and the fact a democracy can still vote to stop being a democracy.
It only has one goal, namely not to let a small group of individuals take control. If a small group of individuals then influences the many, the point is rather moot.
But anyways, yeah. Don't censor anything. Instead let people do their own censorship, by which I don't mean censor themselves but censor other for themselves.
Everyone has things they dont want to or can't hear but nothing is unworthy of being said, not even blatantly false or disruptive things.
> Right, the reason Democracy degenerates is due inherent disagreement, and the fact a democracy can still vote to stop being a democracy.
Another possible explanation is that Democracy degenerates because the average person isn’t very bright and has a high time preference. Since the closer a society is to a true democracy the more the inclinations of the average citizen determine policymaking, you see poorly thought out short term plans that snowball over time into an avalanche of dysfunction.