My Political Philosophy

[hue-man]

My political philosophy is that politics as a way to govern the technical situations and circumstances of a society is juvenile, and reflects the immaturity of our present civilization. I hope that the future of civilization moves beyond the political era and into the technical.

[GoshisDead]

we are to be governed by robots?

[Theaetetus]

Originally Posted by hue-man

My political philosophy is that politics as a way to govern the technical situations and circumstances of a society is juvenile, and reflects the immaturity of our present civilization. I hope that the future of civilization moves beyond the political era and into the technical.

What does that even mean? What is technical that is not political in today's world?

[hue-man]

Originally Posted by GoshisDead

we are to be governed by robots?

I wouldn't say that we'll be governed by robots, but I expect that we will use the emerging technologies in computer science, artificial intelligence, and automation to help us govern our societies.

[hue-man]

Originally Posted by Theaetetus

What does that even mean? What is technical that is not political in today's world?

What I'm saying is that politics is impractical and ideological. It's also a ******* popularity contest, like American Idol! Political parties engage in petty us versus them tribalism, when they should really be focusing on what works best and what doesn't. Issues like energy, conservation, crime, resources consumption, etc, are technical issues that get politicized by these ideologues. For me, politics is about choosing the lesser of two evils, and in this case that lesser evil is liberalism.

My problems with our social system go much deeper than this, but I'm not going to spare all of the details right now.

[Phosphorous]

Wow. It's hilarious to think that people expect the national government to figure out what works best on the important issues instead of themselves getting off their asses and using their own minds.

You don't need robots to fix the country. You just need local people solving local problems.

[hue-man]

Originally Posted by Phosphorous

Wow. It's hilarious to think that people expect the national government to figure out what works best on the important issues instead of themselves getting off their asses and using their own minds.

You don't need robots to fix the country. You just need local people solving local problems.

The reason why we have national governments is to govern the societal issues that are too big for any one of us to handle in small groups. I just don't believe that the political system is the best way to govern our civilization.

We already use robots in our economy. Haven't you heard of the robotics automation of the manufacturing sector that has been taking place for the last 40 years, or the automation trend that's taking place in the service sector? It's the natural result of capitalist economic principles, but the system of capitalism will not be able to sustain these developments as they continue to progress.

[rhinogrey]

Originally Posted by hue-man

The reason why we have national governments is to govern the societal issues that are too big for any one of us to handle in small groups. I just don't believe that the political system is the best way to govern our civilization.

We already use robots in our economy. Haven't you heard of the robotics automation of the manufacturing sector that has been taking place for the last 40 years, or the automation trend that's taking place in the service sector? It's the natural result of capitalist economic principles, but the system of capitalism will not be able to sustain these developments as they continue to progress.

Are you saying we should shift the functions of the political sector into the economic sector?

Otherwise, how and who will determine "what works best"?

[Theaetetus]

Originally Posted by hue-man

What I'm saying is that politics is impractical and ideological. It's also a ******* popularity contest, like American Idol! Political parties engage in petty us versus them tribalism, when they should really be focusing on what works best and what doesn't. Issues like energy, conservation, crime, resources consumption, etc, are technical issues that get politicized by these ideologues. For me, politics is about choosing the lesser of two evils, and in this case that lesser evil is liberalism.

My problems with our social system go much deeper than this, but I'm not going to spare all of the details right now.

But isn't that part of the problem with politics? That a critical thinker such as yourself is marginalized into thinking that politics is a popularity contest. By marginalizing critical thinkers, the people with means of intervening in the workings of the government are able to overpower a group arguing for the political good, for their good.

Until radical political thinkers begin to see their contradictions as a beginning for discussion, rather than the place of contention and disagreement, politics will possess this popularity complex. The radicals need to unite for the cause of good rather than the appearance of good. Until that happens, true political change, much less societal change, much less environmental changes are possible.

[rhinogrey]

Originally Posted by Theaetetus

But isn't that part of the problem with politics? That a critical thinker such as yourself is marginalized into thinking that politics is a popularity contest. By marginalizing critical thinkers, the people with means of intervening in the workings of the government are able to overpower a group arguing for the political good, for their good.

Until radical political thinkers begin to see their contradictions as a beginning for discussion, rather than the place of contention and disagreement, politics will possess this popularity complex. The radicals need to unite for the cause of good rather than the appearance of good. Until that happens, true political change, much less societal change, much less environmental changes are possible.

Radicalism is reactionary. I think what you are saying is impossible by nature.