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This is true of methods that don't require you to leave the house as well. Internet forums of all types are dominated by frequent users (by definition). People
by theroncross 7mo ago
This is true of methods that don't require you to leave the house as well. Internet forums of all types are dominated by frequent users (by definition). People who are doing other things (working, raising families, living with disabilities that make participation difficult) are under-represented. Most of us just want someone with culturally normal values and competency to take care business. Many democratic systems do not select for people with culturally normal values and competency, unfortunately.
- clcaev 7mo agoIn my experience, neighborhood and municipal governance often works unreasonably well with life-long public servants who, even if not be the most brilliant of us, diligently work every day like the rest of us. Technology must assist local, bottom-up governance, rather than being supplanted.
- nathan_compton 7mo ago"Culturally normal values" is such a crazily loaded phrase. I personally don't have a strong desire to see people with culturally normal values be in charge, since, as far as I can tell, the "normal" person is neither very smart nor very thoughtful.
- longfacehorrace 7mo agoIt's "culturally normal" for first worlders like us to thoughtlessly dump production of material needs on 12 year old sweatshop workers in Asia. You have a point but I am not sure it is the one you intended.
- theroncross 7mo agoI believe moral opposition to child labor is a widely held view, and that most politicians, if pressed, would be in favor of writing laws to eliminate it. There are many reasons that pressure isn't applied, but it being a culturally abnormal view isn't one of them.
- econ 7mo agoThe lack of ambition is terrifying.