I was probably supposed to live in 5th century bce Athens, because I'm a firm believer in democracy. I also believe a lot of Socrates philosophy. So at the beginning of class, I was getting agitated by the idea that we could compromise and come to a consensus. At some level, we all knew that we would be stuck in whatever situation for no more than an hour. So it really almost didn't matter who sat where. I know there wont be any hard feelings against any of the other groups next class.
When it comes to the situations like this in the future, we should just realize the quickest way to solve everything and appease the majority is democratically. Plus, a utopian world would be so boring to live in.
Class is always interesting, and everyone definitely is smart. I know we'll all learn a lot about stuff by the end of the semester, hopefully most of that 'stuff' is world politics.
--Maggy
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Yes. If appeasement is our goal, democracy works very well. The problem is that even smart people aren't always committed to working out the solution that, rather than being easy and obvious, actually serves them best. I'm a perfectionist: even though the stakes were low (where we get to sit for an hour), I was a bit annoyed that people were willing to settle for what I felt was a poorly devised solution. I"m not endorsing a consensus method of decisions, because, again, the loudest and most forceful voice often wins, but I think you need to be cautious about embracing democracy is the ideal form of government.
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