monikaco on Nostr: Yeah, I understand—but I still have a couple of things to say, especially from ...

Yeah, I understand—but I still have a couple of things to say, especially from Hoppe’s perspective:

I agree: democracy inevitably leads to high-time preference, moral decay, and state expansion, because it incentivizes short-term gains for political players who don’t own the capital base. They’re renters of power, not stewards.

In Hoppe’s view, democracy is soft communism—institutionalized looting dressed up as participation.

Now, if we go further back—to The Republic—Plato calls democracy one step before tyranny. Why? Because in a democracy, freedom becomes excess. Everyone demands equality in all things—even between ruler and ruled, wise and ignorant.

The result? Chaos.
And that’s how democracies collapse.

So while new tech might optimize how we vote, it still doesn’t change what we’re voting for—or who ends up holding the leash.