RE: Govern by Candlelight
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To be fair, democracy is exhausting. If the population isn't engaged enough then politicians get away with enacting policy that only helps their donors to the detriment of their constituents.... and in the US, you have to be engaged constantly because policy is literally life and death for the more vulnerable in the population, and Republicans specifically constantly pass laws to make it harder for people to stay engaged (ie, making voting harder, etc).
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Absolutely true. One of my arguments for the post-to-be is just that, more hindering to democracy, as well as the economic system absorbing so much energy that real informative behavior is reserved for those who have the money to have time to engage in democracy.
It's so apparent in the US. Voting is on a Tuesday and in wealthy locations it takes only a couple of minutes to vote, but in poorer, more diversity locations, voting can take 8-9 hours and now it's illegal to give out water to people standing in line.
Even in Australia, you see a lot of housing projects voted against by local councils because the only people voting are retirees who are financially motivated to keep their property values as high as possible.
I wish there were the words to describe this... we're not living in a true democracy, we're actually in an energymocracy or timocracy or something.