So I take issue with this approach. If you specify specific rules and regulations down to the percentage. You get into a situation where you don’t really know the outcome and the system may be more complex than somebody understands it to be.
So I could do some research and come up with some very specific stuff to try. Setting aside finding a representative that would give you exactly what you wanted, those specific elements might not get the outcome that was desired. Meanwhile, a lot of political willpower would have been put towards getting those specific things.
This also kind of defeats democracy. If I am single-handedly deciding what policies should be enacted, those policies are not decided. Democratically.
So if the original poster wanted specific policies to fix problems. I would not have replied, because I don’t understand the current system well enough to make specific policy suggestions.
Don’t get me wrong. Specific policies will be necessary for people running for office, and I think it’s good to discuss them.
Now if somebody was running for office on increasing the tax for the rich and/or subsidizing food for housing. This would be a person I would vote for.
If you specify specific rules and regulations down to the percentage
You know, you’re probably right, and that level of specificity probably isn’t really needed. But the suggestions you left still could have been improved to something like “Wealth tax. Build more public housing.” Which are specific ideas.
However, I think the generally point remains that if someone asks for tangible actions, the focus should be on…tangible actions.
But again, I don’t really want to get hung up on policy suggestions, because I don’t even think that’s what the original user was asking about. They wanted to know “is there something tangible that we can actually do about this?” We, not politicians. And since it’s contrasted to ‘the impotent, “let’s eat the rich,” comments’, I think that makes it fairly clear they’re asking about actions individuals and smallish grass roots groups can do. Forms of civil disobedience, methods of effective protest, etc.
So I take issue with this approach. If you specify specific rules and regulations down to the percentage. You get into a situation where you don’t really know the outcome and the system may be more complex than somebody understands it to be.
So I could do some research and come up with some very specific stuff to try. Setting aside finding a representative that would give you exactly what you wanted, those specific elements might not get the outcome that was desired. Meanwhile, a lot of political willpower would have been put towards getting those specific things.
This also kind of defeats democracy. If I am single-handedly deciding what policies should be enacted, those policies are not decided. Democratically.
So if the original poster wanted specific policies to fix problems. I would not have replied, because I don’t understand the current system well enough to make specific policy suggestions.
Don’t get me wrong. Specific policies will be necessary for people running for office, and I think it’s good to discuss them.
Now if somebody was running for office on increasing the tax for the rich and/or subsidizing food for housing. This would be a person I would vote for.
You know, you’re probably right, and that level of specificity probably isn’t really needed. But the suggestions you left still could have been improved to something like “Wealth tax. Build more public housing.” Which are specific ideas.
However, I think the generally point remains that if someone asks for tangible actions, the focus should be on…tangible actions.
But again, I don’t really want to get hung up on policy suggestions, because I don’t even think that’s what the original user was asking about. They wanted to know “is there something tangible that we can actually do about this?” We, not politicians. And since it’s contrasted to ‘the impotent, “let’s eat the rich,” comments’, I think that makes it fairly clear they’re asking about actions individuals and smallish grass roots groups can do. Forms of civil disobedience, methods of effective protest, etc.