That would certainly be better than what we have now, but voting is still a very crude method of making decisions.
I dunno, I think every system of governance has its flaws and benefits. For example, monarchy can be awesome under a great ruler, but then you have the issue of dumb heirs ruining everything.
As for a republic where, say, only white, property-owning men of 35 years or older could vote - I imagine things could be fantastic, but perhaps not so much for younger guys without property. Still, i imagine they would want what’s best for their sons, so I doubt they’d make it hard for younger men to get property, gain wealth, etc.
We can do better: Voluntaryism. Every man is a dictator on his own property. All political association beyond that is voluntary. Nothing is so perfect that people can't be allowed to choose not to be a part of it.
If you exposed the courts, cops, lawmakers etc. to competition the corrupt ones would be weeded out very quickly.
All political association beyond that is voluntary.
Oh is it? Because you say so? lol.
Because I've got a hankering for some Lebensraum, and all your "property" is mine now because I just fucking murdered you, your family, and took what I wanted with brutality and superior violence. And there is no state(or whatever fucking adhoc state-by-any-other-name mental gymnastics "coalitions" you retards come up with) upon which property is authorized/adjudicated.
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Lolberts are fucking delusional.
Voting is not intended as a method of making decisions, or even of providing legitimacy to the rulers, but is a safe means for the transfer of power without murder, chaos or civil war. The losing party can envisage taking power again through winning votes, and the winning party does not feel required to eliminate their rivals.
With the 2020 elections, this implicit contract has broken down, and whether or not Republicans realize it or not, the Democrats certainly get the need to destroy opposition, and are actively engaged in doing so.
I'd say that's a very accurate and realpolitik assessment.
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