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Authentic Democracy Distilled Populism Walter Horn Erraticus
("The County Election" by George Caleb Bingham, 1854)
Essays Society & Culture 

Who Cares About Democracy?

January 15, 2021January 16, 2021 Walter Horn 2 Comments Democracy, Politics, Voting

Some people consider democracy a good thing only if it gets them the outcome they want. Perhaps the US just needs more democratic reforms.

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Suspending Politics to Save Democracy Erraticus Overdoing political
(Jorge Alcala)
Essays Society & Culture 

Suspending Politics to Save Democracy

February 19, 2020June 1, 2020 Lawrence Torcello 0 Comments Democracy, Polarization, Politics

Just political systems secure the means of living satisfying private lives while political saturation crowds out key aspects of a good life.

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Overdoing Democracy
(Brett Sayles)
Featured Ideas Society & Culture 

We’re Overdoing Democracy. But Why?

December 23, 2019June 1, 2020 Kevin Vallier 0 Comments Democracy, Essential Reading, Polarization, Politics

Society has become so politically-saturated that we’re now overdoing democracy. Here are a few reasons why it undermines our institutions.

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Epistocracy Better Form of Democracy Erraticus Image by Element5Digital
(Element5 Digital)
Ideas Society & Culture 

Epistocracy: A Better Form of Democracy or Rule by Philosophers?

March 22, 2019June 1, 2020 Jason Brennan 0 Comments Democracy, Politics

Consider an alternative political system which retains the same institutions of representative democracy but apportions power according to knowledge or competence.

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“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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