The Empirical Imperative: Social Democracy as the Default Political System
The individual committed solely to the scientific method, prioritizing verifiable data, methodical inquiry, and empirical evidence above all, approaches the political sphere not with ideological fervor but with profound skepticism. For this “Empirical Citizen,” political systems are not articles of faith but large-scale, ongoing social experiments. When viewing society through this rigorously scientific lens, free from the biases of inherited doctrine or pseudohistorical narratives, the default conclusion is not a utopian ideal but a pragmatic optimization: a political system aligned with democratic socialism or social democracy.
