| ▲ | simgt 3 days ago |
| > And nobody should trust their government. Nobody should trust a billion dollar corporation, that's why we have democratically elected governments. All these power hungry fucks counter balance each-other, to some extend at least. |
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| ▲ | ekianjo 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| > democratically elected governments. 51% of a vote can go the wrong way now and then. |
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| ▲ | simgt 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Yes but winner takes all is not the only voting system in existence, and democracy goes beyond just voting once every few years. | | |
| ▲ | ekianjo 2 days ago | parent [-] | | > democracy goes beyond just voting once every few years. What else is there? You are effectively only asked to choose between bad and worse candidates at a fairly low frequency. | | |
| ▲ | simgt a day ago | parent [-] | | You're equating democracy to presidential elections, that's not the full extent of it. Free press, transparency, independent justice, referendums, etc. are all part of a democratic system. Norway / Denmark / Switzerland do it better than US / UK / France for instance. |
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| ▲ | pennomi 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Hot take, nobody should trust anybody. Trustless systems could certainly exist for this, if the government took the time to care. |
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| ▲ | Tarq0n 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Trust is key to modern society. Any measure aimed at supplanting trust increases transaction costs in the economy. |
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