Society would be better if the average person weren't involved

>>2160545
No, ruling elites can become isolated from their subordinates, leading to worse living conditions, inefficiency, and rebellion.

No, people should've more involved into politics both national and local, it's people who barely know who they are/what are they voting for that are the problem.

>>2160545
Not at all, in fact I think people should be a lot more involved. The problem is that people get caught up in the presidential horserace and then stop giving a shit as soon as it's over. They treat it like a team-based sport.

If you think the problem is that the average person isn't educated enough, that's just an argument in favor of more education, especially of the civics variety.

>>2160545
society would be better if they put me in charge of impregnating all the females

>>2160545
If it was up to me I'd just do away with voting and have a system where a lottery picks 500 citizens at random, be they CEOs or warehouse workers to serve in parliament.
The issue isn't the average person, it's more the level of legalised corruption most govenments are embroiled in.

>>2160545
People deserve the right to govern themselves, but the problem is people don't know whats best due to the media.

>>2160545
Society would be better if the average person was educated in the process of politics and elected people who have experience.

That's how our society looks now. Do you think it's going well?

>implying flipping a coin every few years counts as citizen participation

>implying low voter turnout isn't a vote of no confidence

It's probably different now. But before, I was not in the opinion that people should be political because all the fucking themes were about irrelevant gay rights shit and opening doors for refugees.

>>2160545
>placing the reigns of society in the hands of the elite
I don't see how that could possibly go wrong.

>>2160545
But the average person is hardly involved in politics as it is.

>>2160545
A problem are the politicians themselves, they're all retarded.

Generally democrats can't run a country and republicans are fucking psychos.