I’d argue that the system is designed or at least indifferent to a majority being uninterested in the politics that influences their daily life.
When you get to vote every 4 years on all topics at once while the choice you make is afterwards still influenced by corruption, coalition an lobbying that doesn’t further interest into politics at all.
Imho: Let’s abandon representatives with fixed legislation periods all together and either elect officials only if they can be removed by public vote at any time or skip the corrupt representatives completely and let the public vote on any matter individually. This way ones choice has an actual impact an people have motivation to actually get informed on specific matters.
One might suggest a democracy of action/labor, where you do the things you feel like matter in the world in the ways you feel are best. ‘If you care, do the work’ in a broad sense.
It raises issues of ableism that need to be worked out, but its not like amy current systems dont fuck people, still encourages ambition, and makes things like amassing power more difficult.
I’d argue that the system is designed or at least indifferent to a majority being uninterested in the politics that influences their daily life.
I would concur and that it’s deliberately built into the system that people think politics is something that can be isolated/compartmentalised and not thought about at all, if so desired.
To enfranchise the electorate, education has to begin early on that politics is the power dynamic in every single relationship, including those individuals have with each other, systems such as government, and inanimate objects such as money, food, sex, etc.
I’d argue that the system is designed or at least indifferent to a majority being uninterested in the politics that influences their daily life.
When you get to vote every 4 years on all topics at once while the choice you make is afterwards still influenced by corruption, coalition an lobbying that doesn’t further interest into politics at all.
Imho: Let’s abandon representatives with fixed legislation periods all together and either elect officials only if they can be removed by public vote at any time or skip the corrupt representatives completely and let the public vote on any matter individually. This way ones choice has an actual impact an people have motivation to actually get informed on specific matters.
One might suggest a democracy of action/labor, where you do the things you feel like matter in the world in the ways you feel are best. ‘If you care, do the work’ in a broad sense.
It raises issues of ableism that need to be worked out, but its not like amy current systems dont fuck people, still encourages ambition, and makes things like amassing power more difficult.
I would concur and that it’s deliberately built into the system that people think politics is something that can be isolated/compartmentalised and not thought about at all, if so desired.
To enfranchise the electorate, education has to begin early on that politics is the power dynamic in every single relationship, including those individuals have with each other, systems such as government, and inanimate objects such as money, food, sex, etc.