Most liberal democratic governments are given a four-year term to make good on their promises. After that, its back to the polls -- but not before a couple months of campaigning.
Nowadays, politicians never stop campaigning. As for the polls, some politicians believe -- and have invited us to believe with them -- that polls no longer hold the voice of the People and have been tampered with to produce an outcome inconsistent with their -- and our -- ambitions.
Like politics, climate change effects our lives at a minute level. Unlike politics, we can't vote it out of office if we don't like it. Any serious commitment to de-accelerating climate change will require a commitment longer than a four year term of office. But within our increasingly non-non-partisan democratic systems, four years is all you get.
So my question is this: Would you accept a governance structure that came to power dishonestly (undemocratically), but was committed to slowing climate change, saving the planet, etc.? And if so, what is your limit when it comes to living under the rule of benevolent dictation?
I haven't stopped thinking about this since I saw The Black Panther (2018) and marvelled at its depictions of everyday life in the kingdom of Wakanda: an amusement park concourse punctuated with Starbucks patios.
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