Archive for the 'Democracy' Category

The Political Dictionary

Republicans: The party that believes if they cut taxes enough it will stimulate the economy to the point that they can spend as much as they want. Democrats: The party that believes if they spend enough it will stimulate the economy to the point that they can raise taxes as much as they want. Libertarians: [...]

13 April 2011 at 16:53 - Comments

Talking About Second Amendment Solutions

I found myself disturbed by the recent attempt, by many self identifying Democrats, to use the Arizona shootings to  try to discredit the Tea Party and/or Republican party by linking some examples of “violent rhetoric” to the shooting. At first I thought that I was just bothered that people would use such a tragedy to [...]

12 January 2011 at 05:07 - Comments

One Man One Vote

In a previous post I explored the chief problem with democratic systems – that producing the most popular choice does not equate to providing greatest overall human value. I was trying to show by analogy how a market system produces better value than central control, even when that central control is managed democratically. Show why [...]

6 May 2010 at 07:06 - Comments
Shawn Yarbrough
A system of voting directly for many laws all at once could have a problem with unexpected interactions between laws. ...
9 July 11 at 21:51
Great thought! This might just be a general part of the same problem as "How do you decide what the slate ...
11 July 11 at 15:21