Better than Democracy
When people think of Democracy, they think of electing leaders, but electing leaders is only one form of Democracy. It is a form called Representative Democracy. It has two very big problems. One problem with Representative Democracy is that the process of electing leaders usually selects the one who is best at tricking us. Liars and cheats are very successful in this system. We must judge who is the best candidate, and we are tricked by the one who is best at tricking us. The other problem is that electing leaders creates hatred on a massive scale. The process of tricking us, often leads to tactics such as name calling, witch hunts, and destroying buildings or something and blaming others for it. Consider 9/11 for example. Now, many would say that Bush wasn't smart enough to think of this, but just as an example, notice how much popularity Bush got from 9/11. Notice how much power Bush got from 9/11. The strategy of destroying a buildings or other gross violent acts have been used very successfully as a political strategy in the past, to gain popularity or power. There is a better form, which is called Direct Democracy. There are no leaders elected in Direct Democracy, but even that has its problems. We need to allow individual decision making as much as possible. The book Society of Conceivia talks of this and much more.Other Links