A representative republic is supposed to be comprised of people in each sector who "represent" those in their sector. Not those who will vote as the sector wishes, but someone who has the same problems, issues, wishes and goals as those in their sector. Such a person (for example, in my case, a retired single man on a small pension), will vote as a person like me might vote, but with the advantage of being paid to study the issue. They make an intelligent, educated decision based on their knowledge and background. They vote knowing they must come back to our sector and live under the laws they made.
Career politicians are a vast perversion of that system. They sway in the breeze of re-election votes. They pander to those who will slip them a contribution.
that only works inside your own monkeysphere.
anything larger and it goes crazy.
a hint?
As I said, there are multiple options, my 95% suggestion is just one of them. There could be smaller communities too, if people feel more comfortable that way.
I don't know which one is better, people have to figure that out.
there most definitely should be smaller communities.
Clans
existing in federalism under the auspices of the Constitution.
(some of which is no longer needed...'coin money' for example... or 'post office')
Well maybe they need to apply the 95% in the small community.
The problem that I have with small communities is that either a big strong one will bully them. Or they will go to war with other similar sized ones.
When you have multiple communities, there will be conflict , war, between them.
If you have only 1 mixed community, then intra-violence is reduced.
People are always selfish, they only work in their own interests. So will the politician, they will serve only their own interests. They know this.
Only the voter is so stupid to fall for this.
Exactly right. This is what the representative republic was supposed to leverage. If another retired man in my area votes for what is good for him - it also will be what is good for me. This worked better when there were few differences between people. Everyone had a home business, a truck garden and children. I hope to see it work again, now that we have social networks to help us find those who truly represent us (are an archetype of us). But for it to work we have to avoid, subvert, and supplant the current system.
I think truly everyone can just represent themselves the best. Nobody knows what is best for others but only for themselves.
Then people will just find the community that aligns to their own intestests, voluntarily. Then you don't need to represent anyone, because everyone in the community will have the same goal and work towards that same goal.
Well, thanks to the internet, we can actually find affiliate groups. Even if you are a one in a million kind of guy, there are still nearly 8 thousand of you in the world. I'm constantly trying to find ways to make that smartphone app, that will allow you to find your demographic, develop a consensus, and apply it to the world.