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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Except the candidates would all be garbage anyways haha

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wonder if it would change anything if instead of a quiz you just like handed people a printout of like a summary of how government works from Wikipedia. Like, maybe convert some people who think the president makes laws.

It would probably still be corrupted by conservatives, sadly.

[–] homura1650@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

We kind of do that with ballot measures. Wel end up with a big fight over the text that gets put on the ballot. And people still leave the voting booth having completely crazy ideas about what some of them do.

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[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is probably in part a meritocracy, though how the government defines 'merit' is probably quite subjective.

Humans are all too human. A purely statistical vote such as proportional representation is most likely the most scientific method regardless of what government is elected. If a civilisation must fall through its own vices and fallacy (oh hey, we've been there before!), then let's allow the collective consciousness of our fellow human beings work it out.

Ever...so...fucking...slowly.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

The most scientific method would be one that doesn't rely on a singular entity to represent the majority. It is impossible to adequately represent the interests of all within a community through one singular political entity who has full authority to dictate law, especially in a stratified society of differing classes with diametrically oppositional interests. Due to the implicit biases of the individual holding power of authority, they will always choose what is in their best interests of their respective class, which intrinsically will be to the detriment of the oppositional class.

Instead, power of authority must be distributed horizontally, all parties of interest retain autonomy, representing themselves through a multi-tiered, federated structure where any political agreements come about through consensus of those involved.

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