← Back to context Comment by HPsquared 14 days ago It's not like voting does anything, anyway. Once elected, they do what they want. 6 comments HPsquared Reply steveBK123 14 days ago I’ve come around to the belief that the biggest benefit of democracy is not choosing the best and wisest leaders.The benefit is the regular ability to remove bad leaders. It doesn’t always happen as fast as we want but it happens eventually.It’s not perfect, but imagine your least favorite president instead presiding for decades until death or coup. zdc1 14 days ago The purpose of a system is what it does. There's lots of literature on what the best, or at least better, voting systems (hello preference voting) and decision making approaches are. Getting them implemented is another story. jstanley 14 days ago Conversely, https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/come-on-obviously-the-purpo... TimorousBestie 14 days ago Scott aggressively missing the point of Beer’s maxim is not a counter-argument. Making a specific point would be more persuasive than a mere link. 2 replies →
steveBK123 14 days ago I’ve come around to the belief that the biggest benefit of democracy is not choosing the best and wisest leaders.The benefit is the regular ability to remove bad leaders. It doesn’t always happen as fast as we want but it happens eventually.It’s not perfect, but imagine your least favorite president instead presiding for decades until death or coup.
zdc1 14 days ago The purpose of a system is what it does. There's lots of literature on what the best, or at least better, voting systems (hello preference voting) and decision making approaches are. Getting them implemented is another story. jstanley 14 days ago Conversely, https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/come-on-obviously-the-purpo... TimorousBestie 14 days ago Scott aggressively missing the point of Beer’s maxim is not a counter-argument. Making a specific point would be more persuasive than a mere link. 2 replies →
jstanley 14 days ago Conversely, https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/come-on-obviously-the-purpo... TimorousBestie 14 days ago Scott aggressively missing the point of Beer’s maxim is not a counter-argument. Making a specific point would be more persuasive than a mere link. 2 replies →
TimorousBestie 14 days ago Scott aggressively missing the point of Beer’s maxim is not a counter-argument. Making a specific point would be more persuasive than a mere link. 2 replies →
I’ve come around to the belief that the biggest benefit of democracy is not choosing the best and wisest leaders.
The benefit is the regular ability to remove bad leaders. It doesn’t always happen as fast as we want but it happens eventually.
It’s not perfect, but imagine your least favorite president instead presiding for decades until death or coup.
The purpose of a system is what it does. There's lots of literature on what the best, or at least better, voting systems (hello preference voting) and decision making approaches are. Getting them implemented is another story.
Conversely, https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/come-on-obviously-the-purpo...
Scott aggressively missing the point of Beer’s maxim is not a counter-argument. Making a specific point would be more persuasive than a mere link.
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