I thought Ireland and France practiced representative democracy.
The Athenians excluded women and immigrants from their system. That, plus today requires full time governance, the Athenian system simply wouldn’t work nowdays. It would be difficult for people to drop their careers to serve then try to pick it back up after their service.
AOC & Bernie claim to be progressives, that’s why I said you’re not really one of them.
What worked for me was paying insurance premiums for my family, not for them plus the people who don’t pay any premiums in addition to the Medicare and Medicaid taxes we already pay.
