"democracy"
Luckily, Debian isn't a democracy. It's a voluntary association. That
is the reason that I began using the Debian distribution in the first
place.
Unlike a democracy, the "majority" cannot force its views on the
"minority". Anyone who doesn't like the Debian policies, or the
election or decisions of a leader, can choose not to contribute any
more, or to walk away completely at very little or no cost to
themselves. If you try to do that in a real democracy you go to
prison, because you live at the sufferance of the "majority". That is
the lesson of Socrates.
"The State was a Mistake"
http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?control=1522
You might enjoy Hans Hermann Hoppe's book, _Democracy, The God That
Failed_.
http://www.mises.org/misesreview_detail.asp?control=199&sortorder=issue
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can
only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves
largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority
always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the
public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses
over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The
average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.
These nations have progressed through this sequence: "From bondage to
spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage
to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness;
From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From
dependence back into bondage."
~Alexander Fraser Tytler (later Lord Alexander Fraser Woodhouslee),
in "The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic," published 1776.
Curt-
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September 11th, 2001
The proudest day for gun control and central
planning advocates in American history
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