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Originally Posted by Ultimate Newbie
Nevertheless, it solves much of your practical problems. still, it seems everyone is more interested in a philosophical debate about democracy anyway, so i'll leave you all to it.
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To add to Nodrog's point, it still leaves us with the educational issue which comes down to the short-sightedness and general ignorance. In fact, you'd probably end up with people casting more moron votes than before, which would merely be counterproductive. It wouldn't to anything regarding the incentive mechanisms in place in a system which relies on a limited time serving term and a re-vote. You'd still have politicians gaming for popularity at the expense of the nation's best interests. I guess the only actual "cure" to this issue would be to have a voter base that is educated enough to make accurate, informed judgements of the political scheme, but the mentioned superficiality and ignorance of the mass-media makes it difficult, too. All in all, building up a credible and efficient democracy under the circumstances a 21st century "wellfare state" bestows just seems like a vain effort, and the state should focus effort into discussing and developing an alternative.