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Informed voters making inform decision
Democracy is really great, mostly when it allow informed voters to make decisions about the policies the government should make…
This is by the way doesn’t refute in any way the arguments in favor of democracy, nor for individual freedom. It just emphasize the need to limit the scope of the damage such voters can inflict on other people.
Great idea
The residence of Voinesti, a Romanian village, got it right:
Neculai Ivascu, 57, who had run the village of Voinesti since 1990, died from liver disease just after voting began on Sunday - but still won the election by a margin of 23 votes.
I think we should adopt this idea and make it a prerequisite to be dead before running for any public office. It would, the least, reduce the damage created by live officials…