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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•11 months agoThere are more people than just you in your district
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink-2•11 months agoYes and we should all agree on who is going to represent us. Otherwise the losing party is disenfranchised.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•11 months agoYou’re not going to get unanimous approval for anything when your group size is several thousand people
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoAlso, smaller groups mean more representatives, which means unanimity/consensus as you say would also be unlikely at the national level.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink-3•11 months agoI don’t believe in nations, either, so that’s not a problem for me
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoSorry to inform you of this, but nations exist whether you want to believe in them or not.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink-2•11 months agoJust like God, right? God exists regardless of whether I believe in Him?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoThe difference is, there is evidence for nations existence while there is none for any floating man in the sky who judges you when you die.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoPerhaps. But this is the system we have.
There are more people than just you in your district
Yes and we should all agree on who is going to represent us. Otherwise the losing party is disenfranchised.
You’re not going to get unanimous approval for anything when your group size is several thousand people
Maybe the groups should be smaller then
Also, smaller groups mean more representatives, which means unanimity/consensus as you say would also be unlikely at the national level.
I don’t believe in nations, either, so that’s not a problem for me
Sorry to inform you of this, but nations exist whether you want to believe in them or not.
Just like God, right? God exists regardless of whether I believe in Him?
The difference is, there is evidence for nations existence while there is none for any floating man in the sky who judges you when you die.
Perhaps. But this is the system we have.