Caledonian2 comments on The Two-Party Swindle - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Caledonian2 01 January 2008 03:06:23PM 7 points [-]

Bryan Caplan argues persuasively that we roughly have the polices that the public wants.

And that is why it's such a disaster!

The purpose of most systems of government is not to make quality decisions, but to prevent wasteful and destructive conflicts over who will wield power. But a system that ignores quality decisionmaking will eventually collapse under the weight of its own ineptitude...