Against Democracy
by Jason Brennan · first published 2016
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"Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us - it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and tends to make us smarter, more virtuous, and more caring for one another. These are some of our most cherished ideas about democracy. But, Jason Brennan says, they are all wrong. In this trenchant book, Brennan argues that democracy should be judged by its results - and the results are not good enough. Just as defendants have a right to a fair t
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…they believe is the truth when they go to these websites. There is a great deal of work on the subject of political ignorance (and self-deception), but I recommend the recent (and very readable) book "Against Democracy" by Jason Brennan for its summary of current evidence, and a proposed solution.
on “Labeling fact-check articles in Google News” ↗Governed by "equitism?" Get this guy a copy of Jason Brennan's Against Democracy where he argues that a more competent government could be achieved by having policy decisions made by trained professionals in the same way cities are designed by city planners. You wouldn't want an…
on “Billionaire Moves Forward with Plan to Build Utopian City for 5M in Desert” ↗> For example, a democracy can only function if citizens are able to process complex information to base their voting decisions on. Jason Brennan (another libertarian) wrote the book Against Democracy. So these two books should be policy companions. Which also goes to show how nefarious this assertion of yours is: all people have to do in order to suppress people’s right to participate in a democracy…
on “No one cared about my spreadsheets” ↗