And, if not, what ?
On Feb 12, 10:04 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't believe in democracy as standardly dreamed up. The problem is
> an idiot demos. But my contention is that I believe in the rights of
> this demos more than most who claim to be democrats. Most situations
> in everyday life contain no true democracy - work being the classic.
> We rarely believe social groups can work without a chain of command.
>
> There are alternatives to "strong leadership" (which gives us goons
> like Blair, Bush, Putin, hitler - etc. the list is almost endless) and
> the farce of the current GOP list. The Dutch polder system is an
> example. But we generally shy away from collective decision making as
> too slow.
>
> Anti-democracy is built in to our systems. Think about our likely
> collective reluctance to pay me 90% of our resources if we had a
> business - yet we might not understand how those few doing such taking
> in the general economy take in the same way from us through ideology
> of the deserving rich. We would easily be able to vote against 'my
> 90%' - but how do we vote against Apple's sweatshops and cash held
> offshore?
>
> Are you a democrat?
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