On: Mission Creep: When Everything Is Terrorism

[jbooth]

Woah, woah, so by smaller government, you mean dictatorship? How is that less threatening?

Committees are what happens when you have a legislature.

[guard-of-terra → jbooth]

It doesn't have to be a dictatorship. The more direct or trusted your democracy is, the less layers you need.

You don't need committees to make decisions, you may use them to approve people who then make decisions. That's how presidents work.