lemmyknow@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 days agoHow different do you reckon the world would be if, instead of voting someone in, elections were about voting everyone else off until one stands victorious?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareHow different do you reckon the world would be if, instead of voting someone in, elections were about voting everyone else off until one stands victorious?lemmyknow@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squarecollapse_already@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·23 days agoMy solution to politics: if 50,000 people vote that we should execute you, we execute you. Pretty soon there would be no politicians left.
minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoAs a sudden change that does something. I’m less excited about the steady state. I think nobody does anything publicly that could get attention, because being known gets you killed with surprisingly high probability.
My solution to politics: if 50,000 people vote that we should execute you, we execute you. Pretty soon there would be no politicians left.
As a sudden change that does something. I’m less excited about the steady state. I think nobody does anything publicly that could get attention, because being known gets you killed with surprisingly high probability.