Does Democracy Suck?  And what are the other options?
Channel: thewiseturtle
Date: 2024-02-10

We hear the complaint that democracy sucks but there's nothing better, but what if there is something better, and what if we're just using democracy "wrong"?

Looking at the different categories of government, we explore where democracy fits into a basic set of systems using a simple decision tree based on when, how, and where a system is operating.  Using this process, we can see that democracy works well for some circumstances, where a group has an emotional connection and a shared goal, but fails in larger, more complex situations, where connections are not as strong, and where solutions need to be tested out more thoroughly before applying them to everyone.  And, in the largest scale, we see that full chaotic freedom is what happens when we want individuals to work in the specific smaller systems that suit their needs best, so that the whole functions as a whole, instead of falling apart due to not meeting anyone's needs well.

This Pascal's triangle model approach to understanding relationships is meaningful for many different kinds of subjects, and features in several of my other videos and work in general, from modeling a healthy planet to telling the stories of who we are and what we want as individuals and as a species, to organizing content on the internet.

This video was written my be and visually and auditorily made with a variety of AI media generation software, including Midjourney, ElevenLabs, LeonardoAI and Glif.app, as well as some of my own illustrations and video and music made by me with RemixLive.

~Namaste