> The people that placed them on the frontstage already are in charge of it?
First off, there's no secret cabal of billionaires that's "in charge" of the economy. Let's dispense with the conspiracy theories.
Second, the group of people that has a disproportionate amount of economic influence (i.e. bankers and the extremely wealthy) generally supported Clinton and rallied extremely hard against Trump. I don't blame them; Trump's policies are bad for trade. But let's not pretend that they're both some sort of globalist illuminati puppets or something.
> I'd say that's perfectly representative of the type of misdirected anger that rises out of repeated failings of the system
You mean the sort of misdirected anger and other irrational motivations that would completely dictate the behavior of a "democratic economy"? Don't put your money where your mouth is; put someone else's money where your mouth is, and vote!
> I'm not proposing elected slavery,
Interesting, because that's the only meaningful interpretation of "democratic economy".
> I'd say your ability to vote, and decide mutually with other people the form society takes is your life being controlled by democracy.
Besides this statement being more or less incoherent, it also doesn't have anything to do with your earlier statement that
> if you believe democracy is a failure, you're saying that your ability to control your own life is a failure.
There is no connection between the decisions I make for myself and the decisions imposed on me by the whims of a political majority.
First off, there's no secret cabal of billionaires that's "in charge" of the economy. Let's dispense with the conspiracy theories.
Second, the group of people that has a disproportionate amount of economic influence (i.e. bankers and the extremely wealthy) generally supported Clinton and rallied extremely hard against Trump. I don't blame them; Trump's policies are bad for trade. But let's not pretend that they're both some sort of globalist illuminati puppets or something.
> I'd say that's perfectly representative of the type of misdirected anger that rises out of repeated failings of the system
You mean the sort of misdirected anger and other irrational motivations that would completely dictate the behavior of a "democratic economy"? Don't put your money where your mouth is; put someone else's money where your mouth is, and vote!
> I'm not proposing elected slavery,
Interesting, because that's the only meaningful interpretation of "democratic economy".
> I'd say your ability to vote, and decide mutually with other people the form society takes is your life being controlled by democracy.
Besides this statement being more or less incoherent, it also doesn't have anything to do with your earlier statement that
> if you believe democracy is a failure, you're saying that your ability to control your own life is a failure.
There is no connection between the decisions I make for myself and the decisions imposed on me by the whims of a political majority.