Re: OT: Politics and other non-Debian ramblings
Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>:
> On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:26:08 -0500
> Curt Howland <Howland@priss.com> 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.
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