https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-15/ ... /101065102Australia's spy chief is worried democracy is bending toward tyranny. It's a struggle that will define the 21st century
Forum member, Lucky, said something to me the other day that was obvious enough, yet is inevitably glossed over, perhaps due to political correctness.
He pointed out that educated people have fewer children, which means populations are ever more selected to be ignorant. That is, with each generation, there will be vastly more children of uneducated people than of educated people. Thus, each election will involve ever more people who quite simply do not know enough to make an informed opinion, voting with emotions, based on looks or demeanour, unaware of the differing functions and powers of federal and state jurisdictions, etc.
Democracy only makes sense when most of the population actually understands the issues enough to effectively even vote in their self-interest, rather than being taken in by smooth lies, unsupported claims, slogans, showmanship and swagger.
If democracy defends itself by sidelining the especially ignorant, how can it avoid the extreme censorship and intrusive control of dictatorships in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, where telling obvious truths? eg. even acknowledging the CCP's mass slaughter of innocents in Tiananmen Square can lead to severe punishments.
Are there any current governance models that show promise?
So, how can democracy (realistically) be saved and, if not, how can democracies avoid descent into the short-sighted stupidity, denial of obvious reality and extreme kleptocracy of toxic systems of government in China, Russia and NK?