NRx would inquire about how do you get rid of a crazy Cathedral X-)
A ‘tyranny of the majority’ is a concern about democracy. However, there are still limits—its possible that a majority could subscribe to an insane ideology, but rather unlikely that a majority of people could have a psychotic episode when they vote. A single leader is far more heavy tailed in distribution, they could be a genius or insane.
Cathedral is all about manufacturing consent and so election results, but let’s get more specific.
Leaving aside the traditional example of Hitler’s coming to power why don’t we consider a bit more recent phenomenon—Mr. Putin. He seems to be genuinely popular and even though the Russians fudge their elections (I suppose they just can’t help it), I would bet that Mr.Putin would actually win a fair election in Russia without any problems.
So how does he fit into your picture of democracy?
A ‘tyranny of the majority’ is a concern about democracy. However, there are still limits—its possible that a majority could subscribe to an insane ideology, but rather unlikely that a majority of people could have a psychotic episode when they vote. A single leader is far more heavy tailed in distribution, they could be a genius or insane.
Cathedral is all about manufacturing consent and so election results, but let’s get more specific.
Leaving aside the traditional example of Hitler’s coming to power why don’t we consider a bit more recent phenomenon—Mr. Putin. He seems to be genuinely popular and even though the Russians fudge their elections (I suppose they just can’t help it), I would bet that Mr.Putin would actually win a fair election in Russia without any problems.
So how does he fit into your picture of democracy?
Well, Putin isn’t doing anything particularly insane, is he? I’m not saying his policies are sensible, but he’s not making his horse a senator.