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minus-squareGrainne@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 days ago The only way it would be better under anarchy is that you would no longer be shouldering the moral burden of participating. And instead would have the moral obligation to act. In a democracy you give all power to act to others, who never do act. Yet you tell yourself ‘I did my part, I voted, it’s the politicians fault’.
minus-squarepaultimate14@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·17 days ago That’s a republic, not a democracy. There’s plenty of room to participate even in democratic republics. It’s not as if you just elect 1 supreme ruler and everyone else goes home. Thus even in democracy you are burdened with the moral dilemma of inaction.
And instead would have the moral obligation to act.
In a democracy you give all power to act to others, who never do act. Yet you tell yourself ‘I did my part, I voted, it’s the politicians fault’.
That’s a republic, not a democracy.
There’s plenty of room to participate even in democratic republics. It’s not as if you just elect 1 supreme ruler and everyone else goes home. Thus even in democracy you are burdened with the moral dilemma of inaction.