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Ok, you propose to make a right to vote not for everyone. Then the question do you see yourself having this right? If yes, that is pretty arrogant, too say at l
by kushti 10y ago
Ok, you propose to make a right to vote not for everyone. Then the question do you see yourself having this right? If yes, that is pretty arrogant, too say at least. If no, well, most of people will not choose this option.
Modern democracy isn't a gift of gods. History of the World is full of revolutions, civil wars, riots in basically every country in order to have what do we have.
- dschiptsov 10y agoDemocratic procedures are fine. But one snap voting is silly. This is why more elaborate structures of parliament or senate has been evolved. The last word shall be of well-educated and well-informed. Period. One of the well-known examples is bailout of AIG. Informed and educated people decided to avoid bankruptcy of the biggest insurance company in the world, no matter what idiots in charge did with CDS. Majority would vote to punish the banksters, as they vote for all the stupid things.
- abpavel 10y agoDemocracy is when "all the people...involved in making decisions about its affairs, typically by voting". All people vote in Belarus and Russia. Are those democratic countries? 108% of the Crimea population voted to be annexed. Is that democratic? By definition: yes. The people have spoken. But the reality is far removed from the ideology.
- kushti 10y agoSource for "108%"? Other than that, yes, the Crimean referendum as well as Brexit are democratic. It is utterly bad to construct double standards around that as unrespectful Western media try to do.
- eggy 10y agoThe U.S.A. is not a Democratic government, but a Federal Republic with a constitution. It has democratic principles, but it is not a Democracy. Every decision is not made by a popular vote, but neither are the members that represent the people the "Philosopher Kings" of ancient Greece.