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What alternative ways can you think of to handle making legislation and passing laws that would negate the increasingly polarized political climate that is happening in more and more countries?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

A parliament.

[–] AbouBenAdhem 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Direct democracy—except instead of directly voting on legislation, voters vote on the desired effects of legislation and a metric for measuring if those effects are being achieved. The actual legislation is then written by specialists trained on effective policy implementation, who can adjust the legislation on the fly if it isn’t having the desired effect. Their mandate is limited by the associated metric—if they can’t meet the goals, they lose their mandate and the case goes back to voters for review.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt 0 points 2 months ago

Hm.. I can't see voters being able to understand metrics enough to choose what is in their best interest. Also, anything where everyone votes will be dominated by special interests that have the money to advertise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The only alternative to an elected legislature (parliaments are different from congresses) is either direct democracy or one party rule.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

representative government is pretty good

let's talk dumping the executive branch. those bums are worthless.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

Anarchy’s free association. We simply have them split and control their own part of land unless there’s agreements to use certain parts of common land. Would work for everything except global warming.

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