Come on Tom the choices are the will of the majority, the will of the ruthless, or the rule of the haves. I think history is obvious which is preferable.
I've had this discussion with ER. The kind of choices you are talking about are what you end up with if you abandon the realm of ideas and philosophy when dealing with politics. It is depressing how the concept of individual rights as a primary is not only becoming passe', but for many people actually inconceivable, and the only choices ever considered are which gang or entity will have absolute power.
Democracy is not a primary virtue. It is a practical method for selecting leadership and deciding certain issues, and it's preferable, in my opinion, to all the others.
There are some things that are wrong even if 99 percent of people vote for it.
Once you accept that, you accept the limits of democratic government, and why it, like any other form of government, needs restraints. The founders of the United States constructed a Constitutional system intended to provide the maximum freedom for citizens, and the maximum restrictions on the Federal government. Democracy has a place in it, but only to a certain extent. The word "unconstitutional" is often used in law to indicate "you shall not do this, even if a majority voted for it."
A free market system has thousands of times more opportunities for "public feedback" than even the best democratically-elected government.
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- Obama buttmonkeys: "The Recession Is… Over?"
- I have been saying since early this year that the Recession would be over in July.
- Heard on the news a couple of days ago.
- You're buying this?? (n/t)
- Look at it this way.
- You can look at it this way, too.
- "...people will believe them" Maybe.
- Bush didn't sign into law all those budgets and spending bills?
- re: "...people will believe them" Maybe.
- The difference between public and private sectors.
- Who ever said it was "good?"
- Republicans
- Businesses are people.
- And then those taxes are squandered....
- re: Businesses are people. - True and False
- Corruption and power
- Absolute Bull
- I must admit Marsby
- That's what the government will keep telling you.
- And Historians (n/t)
- Big Business
- re: Big Business - No
- Um...you might want to go over that post again.
- Big Business
- And Historians (n/t)
- Absolute Bull
- Corruption and power
- Businesses are people.
- Republicans
- Who ever said it was "good?"
- The difference between public and private sectors.
- "...people will believe them" Maybe.
- You can look at it this way, too.
- Look at it this way.
- Return of the Buttmonkeys
- I have been saying since early this year that the Recession would be over in July.