| How Should Democracy be Modified?
What ways could we tweak the basic premise of democracy, to lead to a better form of government?
There are many issues that arise from democracy, but what ways could we go about changing the idea of democracy, to lead to a better age for everybody?
It's a pretty abstract question, but what do you guys think?
One issue I'd like to contribute, is the idea behind voting. It seems that voting, which is a basic of democracy, leaves citizens individually powerless, as there is a microscopic chance of casting a tie-breaking vote.
And at the same time even if a citizen feels like they can control who is elected, once a candidate takes office, there does not seem to be much, if any, accountability for the politician to stick to what was advertised during a campaign. Is there any reasonable way to reconcile voting, with "A government of the people, for the people?" |