This week on The Insurgency, Steve and Harry walk through four key policy areas and ask a simple but uncomfortable question: does any political party still stand for freedom?
The elephant in the room is our electoral system, which rewards poor performers because, to get elected, one needs to appeal to voters influenced by short-term objectives. The first act is to recognise that the system underperforms, and then we will find a better way and prove Churchill wrong
Indeed the current system is used to buy votes by plundering some of the population for the benefit of another.
Would recommend the following article if you are interested in exploring the issues in more detail (perhaps you've already analysed the issue and this is not new)
Personally, I believe the jury system would be much better since the jury, which could include people selected randomly, would spend more time considering different options.
The elephant in the room is our electoral system, which rewards poor performers because, to get elected, one needs to appeal to voters influenced by short-term objectives. The first act is to recognise that the system underperforms, and then we will find a better way and prove Churchill wrong
Indeed the current system is used to buy votes by plundering some of the population for the benefit of another.
Would recommend the following article if you are interested in exploring the issues in more detail (perhaps you've already analysed the issue and this is not new)
https://www.juliusruechel.com/2024/10/the-great-unravelling-why-democracy.html
Personally, I believe the jury system would be much better since the jury, which could include people selected randomly, would spend more time considering different options.