10-17-2017, 08:42 AM
(10-16-2017, 08:07 PM)hollodero Wrote: As for the rest, that's sure an interesting field of study... but doesn't it sometimes frustrate you when good ideas have to be shelved because they don't sell with the lazy, easily influenced mind that is the public. Or asked more directly, do you see it strictly professional or do you often reach the conclusion that the public opinion is quite stupid.
It is frustrating, there is no doubt at all about that. But, that's democracy. We administrators and policy wonks know what we do, but because we are accountable to elected officials at the top level, who are accountable to the people. If the people don't want something, then it isn't going to happen. Now, what would be great is if we could rely on logical and reasonable discussions about the issues to inform voters. What we get instead is a game of political football with tons of misinformation coming from people that don't understand the policy, they just understand politics.
There are pros and cons, but I still favor a representative democracy over a technocracy.
