...A majority wanted a dictator, if not the Nazis, then the communists. ... the principle and it is not made any better that the ...that it says "Democracydoesnotexist in the modernworld". It ... are democrats, that they support democracy, that they are trying to ... they are fighting wars for democracy, etc., when they obviously aren't... that some element of direct democracy might have its uses, at ...
...> wrote: True, but how many modern nations have 25,000 rulers? ... and must agree. Democracydoesnotexist in our modernworld. To me...for this war is to export "Democracy"!!! So an undemocratic government like the...grounds of turning Iraq into a Democracy !!!???? Possibly, under these circumstances, a ...of government from representative to direct democracy. I haven't gotten much ...
.... I'm arguing for democracy in the modern sense of the word...>пїЅI am trying to understand democracy, to get beyond the nonsensical ... dumbing down the public about democracy for decades. пїЅI think ancient ... best argument in favor of democracy. пїЅ But ancient Athens was never a democracy, certainly not in the modern sense of ... Greeks in ages of equality, not because they were democratic but ...
..., which has had a remarably homogeneous culture for millennia, and doesnot have an immigration problem or .... We'll see what Wall Street does this week in the face of ... farm policy is set by lawyers, not farmers. And farmers damn well better ...> they need even if there's not enuf gas for the lawyer's ... mandate to do anything. Is that democracy? oligarchy? It looks a lot like ...
... China, which has had a remarably homogeneous culture for millennia, and doesnot have an immigration problem or India... We'll see what Wall Street does this week in the face of ... farm policy is set by lawyers, not farmers. And farmers damn well better ... they need even if there's not enuf gas for the lawyer's ... mandate to do anything. Is that democracy? oligarchy? It looks a lot like ...
... must be "fascist". This is not the case. Fascism is fairly ...In both situations corporations were not in control of the government...inner kingdon" that runs China doesnot and _can not_ be...whatever they wanted. It's not just that fascists let the...Chinese are now having are not economic but environmental and social...be simply "Government". You are not anti-Marxist. You are anti...
...so people could improve society and not just exploit it, but with people...national forest and watersheds (which provide world record holding trout) has been ...Be exceedingly careful of exposure to modern contaminants in the air, food, ... as that mite be, is not going to provide healthy food. ...items the rich have are just not that useful. It'd be ...as well. In any case, it doesnot do any good to ...
> The fact that Plato didn't like Democracy is not necessarily a decisive point. His master, Socrates, adored it. Ancient Greece was never democratic and by the ...a decadent aristocracy. All Socrates did was ridicule the place. . . . People are afraid of democracy because of its power. It is extremely powerful. That's why referenda ...
...to see how the Colbert campaign does; if enough people realize what a...> ignorance all conspire to render democracy an instrument of suicide. Our ...chose a supposedly "fixed" form of "democracy" instead - the law- makers heavily ... Plato didn't like Democracy is not necessarily a decisive point. ... their direct democracy! Athens was the richest city the world has ...
...or bankruptcy concentrates the mind in the same way a pending execution does. So, as the middle class asset base shrinks to further enrich ... that the financial sector has realized bankrupting its customer base is not a good idea... is heartening. But the long record of ... & postings, listen to NPR while I work outside. What else can you do? Rational discourse doesnot work with neurotics.
