Quote from: francishutch on September 27, 2018, 03:18:06 AM

Quote from: m.roth on September 25, 2018, 07:13:59 PM

Quote from: francishutch on September 24, 2018, 04:03:21 PM

True democracy will always fail because you let the uneducated make decisions that forcefully impose the will of their often stupid decisions on the entire population. What we need is a small government where the only role of government is protecting the natural rights of all people in the state (defined in a constitution), protected by a republic, where only the educated can vote for officials responsible for protecting the rights of citizens. Tyrants love democracy because their will can be imposed by manipulating the uneducated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJBzhcSWTk

And how do you define educated? You think it's fair, uneducated people are also part of this planet and should be heard or not? And officials will never protect the rights of citizens, they will always decide for whats most favorable for them! I begin to think that goverments should run on blockchain fully democratic within a framework, which ensures a basic law and regulation.

Educated in this context means to have an education in the subject where the decision is being made. In regards to politics, the minimum voting age should be increased back to 21 and require the voter to own property. Ownership of property serves two purposes, people that own property have more at stake by being governed and deserve a higher stake than someone who doesn't have property, and it acts a requirement that someone will have to learn how to require.

Uneducated people do not deserve a voice for subjects which they do not know anything about. When they're given a voice all they produce is noise.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
― Winston S. Churchill

And how would you practically manage that only in-the-subject-educated voters can vote? And you don't see any interest conflicts when only property holders can vote? The world was not made for an elite, it is for everyone and it's hypocrite to think educated people vote for the best solution suitable for everyone (for the greater good for themselves). And what has the ownership of property to do with the decision if let's say cannabis should be legal or not?

Coming back to the beginning, how would you define educated concerning this question? We know that cannabis has many medicinal benefits but there are people prone to develop mental and other health issues, when smoking too much. Further there is a massive amount of "taxes" going to the black market instead of the state. Further the war on drugs is extremely costly and the money would be probably better invested in education of proper use. Sorry to go off-topic a bit, but you see the problem here, who is educated in such a complex question?

This is a question of opinions and attitudes, calculating pros an cons which are perceived differenty by everyone, but everyone should be able to express their feelings. So it's for the government or politicians to present us the facts as genuine as possible in a manner where everyone can understand the topic. We need better and more reliable facts and less propaganda and false promises, thats what we need.

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