the fundamental principle of democracy is that we all have a voice and we all get to use it and decisions are made accordingly.
not by consensus but by majority.
currently we are disenfranchised. we have no voice save once every few years when we get to 'elect' a representative who stands in our stead.
i.e., right there, we have 'no voice'. Instead my voice gets subsumed with yours into that rep.
So no voice. Gone.
But gets worse for that rep then goes to the legislature and does not even carry his autonomy to put forward the voices subsumed in him. Instead he is constrained to echo the voice of his Party.
So no voice, in spades.
Why?
Practical necessity. Physical constraints. Pragmatism. How else could it be done?
It couldn't.
Until now.
Now it can. It just needs eyes and minds to pop open.
the fundamental principle of democracy is that we all have a voice and we all get to use it and decisions are made accordingly.
not by consensus but by majority.
currently we are disenfranchised. we have no voice save once every few years when we get to 'elect' a representative who stands in our stead.
i.e., right there, we have 'no voice'. Instead my voice gets subsumed with yours into that rep.
So no voice. Gone.
But gets worse for that rep then goes to the legislature and does not even carry his autonomy to put forward the voices subsumed in him. Instead he is constrained to echo the voice of his Party.
So no voice, in spades.
Why?
Practical necessity. Physical constraints. Pragmatism. How else could it be done?
It couldn't.
Until now.
Now it can. It just needs eyes and minds to pop open.