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Is this your thoughts or a part of a larger quote? I appreciate it, even if I don’t necessarily agree with it.
Part of a larger quote, but I agree with it.
I don't like representative democracy.
I like representative democracy in theory, our current implementation in the US‡ has a few major issues in that each representative doesn't represent the same amount of people. And we should have a lot more representatives for the people.
Not everyone can dedicate the necessary time to be fully engaged and informed about all the intricacies that come from running a government, so some form of representation is needed. But ~500 people representing around 300 million people is not nearly enough for the national stage IMO.
‡ I'm talking about the US here because that's where I live, but I'm sure other countries have similar issues though.
Agreed on your second sentence haha