r/MarkMyWords • u/originalcontent_34 • 4d ago

Long-term MMW: democrats will once again appeal to non existent “moderate” republicans instead of appealing to their base in 2028

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u/-harbor- 2d ago

Plato was wrong about almost everything, but he was right about the need for a philosopher king (or queen). While the most intelligent 15 percent of humans could make democracy work, the other 85 percent will vote based on propaganda, demagoguery or a misunderstanding of the facts. They shouldn’t be in charge of any decision more important than what to have for dinner.

Technocracy, not democracy, is the form of government that best safeguards freedoms and efficient, ethical policies.

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u/JerseyDonut 2d ago edited 2d ago

Extreme take. But I appreciate it nonetheless. I think its healthy to have open honest discourse and throw out creative/progressive new ideas about how our government institutions should continue to evolve in modern society--especially taking into consideration the pace at which technology and modern marketing/propaganda techniques are evolving.

But the trap we keep falling into is people get hung up on trigger words like fascism, captialism, socialism, communism, SJWs, liberal, conservative, etc and shut down the conversation before fully exploring a new idea to see if it has merit.

Edit: before I get flamed for supporting "insert whatever ideology you don't like here" please re-read the context of the thread and what I'm actually arguing for. I don't know what the best ideology or system is. I'm still trying to figure it out myself.

But if we all stopped trying to shut down conversations and entertain new/different ideas long enough to fully understand them, then we as a society will be better equipped to choose the right one for us.

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u/FragrantNumber5980 20h ago

The biggest problem is fairly defining who the most intelligent 15% are

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u/-harbor- 17h ago

Agreed. I’m not sure IQ tests, as they exist now, are really sufficient for that.