Democracy in decline worldwide, new report says

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.world – 582 points –
Democracy in decline worldwide, new report says
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So instead you choose authoritarianism: 20 people on a plan and one of them shoots the pilot, takes over, and crashes it. Everyone dies.

Yeah, the problems with democracy are rarely solved by less democracy. It just turns into "Instead of many idiots voting to do something stupid, one idiot votes to do something stupid."

Think bigger. Fly the plane in circles, and demand the people give you whatever you want to occasionally land it and bring some supplies onboard.

Just don't die of old age.

Love how you think that not only are there only two options, but that democracy isn’t also authoritarian. It’s just mob rule instead of an individual.

Why don't you enlighten us on the other options then? I'd love to hear it.

That's... precisely why the original quote said "democracy is the worst form of government". It has fundamental flaws. But it's still the better than everything else.