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Indeed; Nazi Germany opposed electoralism, Fascist Italy, and many right-wing dictatorships; so called "enlightenment dictators" as Napoleon opposed it. Many without party or political bent opposed it. Many philosophers from Plato onward opposed it in principle. Much can still be written on this topic; a very narrow angle is what we have: but that is fine for the time being; most wikipedia articles begin with one individual who has knowledge of only one specific direction of the topic well enough to delineate the subject matter in a written encyclopedic manner. Our criticism of the criticism article however is necessary for those with good attested examples of other manners and historical instances, verifiable quotes and all, of criticisms of electoralism to come forth out of the woodwork and contribute their particular facet or pinch of knowledge. We beseech the reader to do so and gladly if it is to their interest they do so.
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I'm looking to do somewhat of an overhaul on this article in order to provide some legitimacy to the information already here through additional citations and information from a more global perspective. I'd like to start with getting a better sense of what the actual focus of this article should be, especially because anti-electoralism can have an entirely different meaning from being anti-election or even anti-voting. I am looking to reorganize the article's contents in order to provide more and more concise perspectives. Below is my general outline for the changes I'm proposing. I'm still looking into appropriate sources since a lot of the ideological material is not necessarily backed up by extensive research and can come across as opinion, rather than encyclopedic when reiterated on the Wikipedia. Let me know of any suggestions you may have for sources, additional Wikis to look at or a different article structure!
Introduction
Better explain the concept of electoral politics as it will be addressed in the article
Make distinction between representative democracy or types of election mechanisms and the use of voting systems more generally
Remove references to only the Northern Hemisphere perspective
Further research into how to make the article representative of a worldview
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I came here to post the same thing and behold, I already did. Feel free to merge into
the existing article and
criticism of democracy as appropriate, but since the vast majority of this essay/article is based on affiliated sources and a dissertation—I see nothing urgent to merge at the moment. Some of the subheadings would make for good points in the
election article, if the sourcing held up. czar04:04, 21 January 2019 (UTC)reply