lemmyknow@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHow different do you reckon the world would be if, instead of voting someone in, elections were about voting everyone else off until one stands victorious?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down13
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareHow different do you reckon the world would be if, instead of voting someone in, elections were about voting everyone else off until one stands victorious?lemmyknow@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarecollapse_already@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down6·2 days agoMy solution to politics: if 50,000 people vote that we should execute you, we execute you. Pretty soon there would be no politicians left.
minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYou realize that most people dislike taxes more than they like functioning schools, right?
minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAs a sudden change that does something. I’m less excited about the steady state. I think nobody does anything publicly that could get attention, because being known gets you killed with surprisingly high probability.
My solution to politics: if 50,000 people vote that we should execute you, we execute you. Pretty soon there would be no politicians left.
You realize that most people dislike taxes more than they like functioning schools, right?
As a sudden change that does something. I’m less excited about the steady state. I think nobody does anything publicly that could get attention, because being known gets you killed with surprisingly high probability.