Believe it or not, installing democracy is the name of the game.
And just where has a democracy been installed lately? The USA supports dictators, or one man rules that can dictate the business terms for their constituents and sell the patrimony of the citizens. Crooks, banksters, gangsters, rental politicians, compromized financial wizards, God-endorsing charlatans, and the like rule the world with a little guidance from old money.
Men only voting is fine as long as they are educated and intelligent.I believe in One Man, One Vote. I'm the man, and I get to vote. It's the perfect democracy.
(So I stole that from Pratchett, leave me alone)
When it comes to my individual rights, I care not what the mob thinks. Our rights are specifically the kinds of things that cannot legally be voted away.
I like the idea of democratically elected officials, because you can get rid of the meddlesome ones. Else Democracy to me is just two wolves and a sheep deciding on whats for dinner. When those that rob Peter to pay Paul always have Paul's support, the thieving and corruption will not end.
If that's what you think is required then we will never have a democracy. Sheep and wolves are part of human society, as ingrained as huddling together for protection and warmth. You should read some game theory, or re-read it.In order for democracy to work successfully, we cannot have animals(sheep and wolves) nor mobsters (beggers and thieves) in the equasion...
This we may not have, yet...
We need a better people.
:lamo I don't know of anyone who believes that! :lamoNo one else is capable of making a wise decision except democratically elected representatives.
:lamo I don't know of anyone who believes that! :lamo
Apparently there's a few who don't understand what the consequences of living in a "true democracy" would be like. NOT GOOD!
...Another idea I had awhile ago was to finally stop the charade and just privatize the US government, and turn it into US Government, Inc. As a private, for profit, institution it can sell its services to generate the revenue it needs. It then is only responsible to do what is in the best interest of its shareholders. And if you want a say in how you are governed you only have to buy enough shares of US Government, Inc, to get your way. If not, sit back and let US Government, Inc. decide what is the best use for you. By the way, how's that for all you free market fanatics?.....
The people get what they vote for, now. There's one thing every politician, except second term presidents, want - another term in office.Exactly. So why does everyone think democratically elected representatives are better at decision making than the general public is? Aren't they both idiots? At least in a participatory democracy the people get what they vote for. If they get it wrong they pay for their mistakes. In a representative democracy the politicians usually get it wrong and the people still pay for the mistakes.
Exactly. So why does everyone think democratically elected representatives are better at decision making than the general public is? Aren't they both idiots? At least in a participatory democracy the people get what they vote for. If they get it wrong they pay for their mistakes. In a representative democracy the politicians usually get it wrong and the people still pay for the mistakes.
I see from this thread that most people really don't want to be involved in the decision making that affects their lives.
It makes me wonder if we are not finally ready for some form of World Government.
How would we like a world government to be? Dictator? Monarch?
Or should we just let the US government be the world government?
If we let the US government be the world government, then we can finally stop voting and just let Wall St. decide what is best for all of us. I pledge allegiance to the logo, of the Goldman Sachs hegemony....
Another idea I had awhile ago was to finally stop the charade and just privatize the US government, and turn it into US Government, Inc.
As a private, for profit, institution it can sell its services to generate the revenue it needs.
It then is only responsible to do what is in the best interest of its shareholders.
And if you want a say in how you are governed you only have to buy enough shares of US Government, Inc, to get your way.
If not, sit back and let US Government, Inc. decide what is the best use for you.
By the way, how's that for all you free market fanatics?
Maybe all governments could follow the US and privatize.
Through the magic of free market capitalism we will eventually end up with World Government, Inc.
I notice that some people on the board do not support democracy, so I was curious to see what the overall opinion is.
Not only that, but direct democracy has never been tried beyond the smallest and most local levels. The amount of strong opposition to something that has never been tried is interesting.
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