Originally Posted by
dronit
I'm not sure my self, most idiolgys sound good on paper but to be put into practce i'm not sure?
Comunists for example sounds good, every one being equal, but as we have seen it hasn't worked there are still people at the top who controle.
Democrasy - Every one one has the right to vote, but we can't vote on every issue you can choose who is in power but all polititions seem the same and have the same agender, so it may as well be a dictatorship.
Anarcy haveing no goverment would work only if all humans were peacefull, unforntatly we know this isn't the case so it wouldn't work either.
How could we make the world better and more balanced
Hi dronit,
Yes, most political theories do sound good on paper. The reason being is that political theories are subject to a reductionist process. In other words, the attempt to take complex issues (politics) and examine its constituent parts. By examining these parts there is a mistaken belief that once understood we can predict the future.
For example, Marx believed within an industrialized society the driving force of history is the fact that mans economic circumstances determines how he thinks. Once we have understood this principle it becomes possible to predict and/or control the future direction of society.
Karl Popper refers to this as 'historicism'. These type of theories are always utopian. Popper places no great faith in the right to vote. He simply sees voting as an opportunity to rid ourselves of bad politicians. Popper prefers the democratic process because there exists the opportunity for criticism. Utopian theorists of the left and right don't take kindly to criticism because it may force them to change their original predictions.
Popper advocates the process of falsification rather than verification when it comes to politics. We should not be looking for ways to show how our political theories are correct, but we should be looking for ways to show why they might be false. It is through this falsification process that we can come up with a revised version of our political theories.
As stated, earlier, the democratic process allows for falsification. All politicians are historicist until they are forced to compromise or change their position due to criticism and/or the lack of support for their position.
What is the best political system? As strange as it may seem I think Popper would be forced into a position of supporting a kingship, dictatorship, or totalitarian government provided the falsification principle was firmly in place.
Tut