Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:26:08 -0500 > Curt Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > Democracy _sucks_. It makes all problems worse and solves nothing. At > > least in a monarchy or oligarchy, the ruler has some small incentive > > to pass on a prosperous nation to their successor. These "elected" > > examples of sewage have incentive only to take every bit of loot they > > can before their term in office is up. > > > > At least with a tyrant, they can't use the excuse, "Well, you elected > > me. You must _want_ the rape you get." > > What on earth are you talking about? Do you really mean that societies > are better off when governed by tyrants than when governed by > democratically elected governments?
"Governed by democratically elected governments", elected by "sheeple"? One's a singular tyrant, the other's a tyrant made up of many. There's a difference? Democracy == Mobocracy. Yes, Democracy sucks. Somewhat less that authoritarian/totalitarian, but not by much. The standard is freedom for the individual (all minorities are made up of individuals). > Do you think that this has been historically true WRT the actual > tyrants and actual democratic governments that the world has > experienced? Pretty much. Salem Mass. comes to mind. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. Spammers! http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling/emails.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
