However, there could be a technical factor in reality. The western-style democratic system promotes opposition party, and the government often rotates to the opposition party in next election from a governing party. Therefore, it looks like the government as a whole can be never wrong, because the opposite policies promoted by opposition party. Actually the CCP-style system would be more like a statesman approach. Accountability (even sometimes hard to understand or accept in hindsight) is clear since any policy mistakes can be much easily identified. A trial and error process could be the major way to reduce serious mistakes (including any dilemma ones). Q One of the dilemmas included in the trolley problem: should you pull the lever to divert the runaway trolley onto the side track? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem Trolley problems have been used as a measure of utilitarianism, but their usefulness for such purposes has been widely criticized.[23][24][25] UQ
However, there could be a technical factor in reality. The western-style democratic system promotes opposition party, and the government often rotates to the opposition party in next election from a governing party. Therefore, it looks like the government as a whole can be never wrong, because the opposite policies promoted by opposition party. Actually the CCP-style system would be more like a statesman approach. Accountability (even sometimes hard to understand or accept in hindsight) is clear since any policy mistakes can be much easily identified. A trial and error process could be the major way to reduce serious mistakes (including any dilemma ones). Q One of the dilemmas included in the trolley problem: should you pull the lever to divert the runaway trolley onto the side track? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem Trolley problems have been used as a measure of utilitarianism, but their usefulness for such purposes has been widely criticized.[23][24][25] UQ EvenOdd 发表于 2021-06-28 03:57
However, there could be a technical factor in reality. The western-style democratic system promotes opposition party, and the government often rotates to the opposition party in next election from a governing party. Therefore, it looks like the government as a whole can be never wrong, because the opposite policies promoted by opposition party. Actually the CCP-style system would be more like a statesman approach. Accountability (even sometimes hard to understand or accept in hindsight) is clear since any policy mistakes can be much easily identified. A trial and error process could be the major way to reduce serious mistakes (including any dilemma ones). Q One of the dilemmas included in the trolley problem: should you pull the lever to divert the runaway trolley onto the side track? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem Trolley problems have been used as a measure of utilitarianism, but their usefulness for such purposes has been widely criticized.[23][24][25] UQ EvenOdd 发表于 2021-06-28 03:57
< Accountability > Doing good things is a must and responsibility. Doing anything bad is just one issue! Actually, not doing anything (in order to avoid doing anything wrong) can be another more important issue, perhaps! A conventional western style democratic system could be not only relatively easy to escape accountability of policy making, but also the 2 major parties in a 2-party system could often care less about something critically important to the country for long term prosperity, due to budget and election cycles.
Q Which makes sense: an election is around the corner and nobody in government wants a genuine debate about difficult things such as spending priorities, who should pay the necessary taxes, or structural reform. Instead, we’re informed ... <our country> “remains very well placed to overcome these challenges and take advantage of opportunities in the future”. UQ
However, there could be a technical factor in reality. The western-style democratic system promotes opposition party, and the government often rotates to the opposition party in next election from a governing party. Therefore, it looks like the government as a whole can be never wrong, because the opposite policies promoted by opposition party. Actually the CCP-style system would be more like a statesman approach. Accountability (even sometimes hard to understand or accept in hindsight) is clear since any policy mistakes can be much easily identified. A trial and error process could be the major way to reduce serious mistakes (including any dilemma ones). Q One of the dilemmas included in the trolley problem: should you pull the lever to divert the runaway trolley onto the side track? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem Trolley problems have been used as a measure of utilitarianism, but their usefulness for such purposes has been widely criticized.[23][24][25] UQ EvenOdd 发表于 2021-06-28 03:57
The Fox News anchor Chris Wallace made headlines of his own on Sunday, by pointing out to a senior Republican that he and the rest of his party recently voted against $350bn in funding for law enforcement. UQ
< Accountability > Doing good things is a must and responsibility. Doing anything bad is just one issue! Actually, not doing anything (in order to avoid doing anything wrong) can be another more important issue, perhaps! A conventional western style democratic system could be not only relatively easy to escape accountability of policy making, but also the 2 major parties in a 2-party system could often care less about something critically important to the country for long term prosperity, due to budget and election cycles.
Q Which makes sense: an election is around the corner and nobody in government wants a genuine debate about difficult things such as spending priorities, who should pay the necessary taxes, or structural reform. Instead, we’re informed ... <our country> “remains very well placed to overcome these challenges and take advantage of opportunities in the future”. UQ
EvenOdd 发表于 2021-06-28 05:48
< 2-party system > Q Republicans can win the next elections through gerrymandering alone David Daley Even if voting patterns remain the same, Republicans could still win more seats in Congress through redistricting ‘Republicans won’t have to win more votes next year to claim the US House.’ Mon 28 Jun 2021 UQ
Five reasons why we don"t have a free and independent press ... https://www.opendemocracy.net › opendemocracyuk
18 Apr 2019 — Britain"s press is controlled by the same networks of people as run ... as majority voting shareholders for most of the UK national newspapers, ...
Bibles and newspapers"would be banned under new hate ... https://www.thetimes.co.uk › article › bibles-and-newspap...
8 Nov 2020 — Books, bibles and newspapers would be seized and destroyed ... the chief executives of the Humanist Society of Scotland and Humanists UK, ... UQ
USA vs Canada
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Canada Has Added More US Far-Right Extremists To Its List Of Banned Terrorists Included in the ban is the Three Percenters militant group, whose members have been charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
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Taiwan Shuts Pro-China TV Channel in Battle over Press ... https://www.bloomberg.com › news › articles › taiwan-...
18 Nov 2020 — Taiwan's broadcast regulator has ordered the closure of one of the island's most ardently pro-China cable news networks following a ...
Taiwan to shut down China-friendly tycoon's news channel ... https://www.reuters.com › article › us-taiwan-media-chi...
18 Nov 2020 — Taiwan refused on Wednesday to renew the license of a news channel widely seen as pro-China, effectively shutting it down, citing evidence of ...
Taiwan's ban on books, TV shows 'the work of the thought ... https://www.scmp.com › News › China › Politics
3 Jan 2021 — “Banning a children's book, taking CTi news channel off the air and [planning to] censor Chinese publications are the work of the thought police ...
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Public ‘seething’: UK health minister quits after breaching his own COVID rules
主编自己作死，怨不得别人。
The western-style democratic system promotes opposition party, and the government often rotates to the opposition party in next election from a governing party. Therefore, it looks like the government as a whole can be never wrong, because the opposite policies promoted by opposition party.
Actually the CCP-style system would be more like a statesman approach. Accountability (even sometimes hard to understand or accept in hindsight) is clear since any policy mistakes can be much easily identified. A trial and error process could be the major way to reduce serious mistakes (including any dilemma ones).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem
Trolley problems have been used as a measure of utilitarianism, but their usefulness for such purposes has been widely criticized.[23][24][25] UQ
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2021年6月20日，央视播出政治宣传片《敢教日月换新天》，6月25日播出的第十一集《举旗定向》里说到“六四事件”。这在我印象中应该是三十年来第一次在他们官方的电视台第一次大篇幅提到，
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< Accountability >
Doing good things is a must and responsibility. Doing anything bad is just one issue! Actually, not doing anything (in order to avoid doing anything wrong) can be another more important issue, perhaps!
A conventional western style democratic system could be not only relatively easy to escape accountability of policy making, but also the 2 major parties in a 2-party system could often care less about something critically important to the country for long term prosperity, due to budget and election cycles.
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Which makes sense: an election is around the corner and nobody in government wants a genuine debate about difficult things such as spending priorities, who should pay the necessary taxes, or structural reform.
Instead, we’re informed ... <our country> “remains very well placed to overcome these challenges and take advantage of opportunities in the future”.
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< Opposition >
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Fox News anchor stumps congressman
Mon 28 Jun 2021
The Fox News anchor Chris Wallace made headlines of his own on Sunday, by pointing out to a senior Republican that he and the rest of his party recently voted against $350bn in funding for law enforcement.
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< 2-party system >
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Republicans can win the next elections through gerrymandering alone David Daley
Even if voting patterns remain the same, Republicans could still win more seats in Congress through redistricting
‘Republicans won’t have to win more votes next year to claim the US House.’
Mon 28 Jun 2021 UQ