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and starting in just the second paragraph: "Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible."
by dsp1234 10y ago
and starting in just the second paragraph:
"Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible."
- saosebastiao 10y agoDemocracy and freedom do have a tendency to be at odds with each other on occasion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority
- toomuchtodo 10y agoThis idea is nothing new. "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." -- Winston Churchill
- notfromhere 10y agoFrom his own blog: "Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians — have rendered the notion of “capitalist democracy” into an oxymoron." He's mad that women can vote because they don't vote libertarian.
- toomuchtodo 10y ago> He's mad that women can vote because they don't vote libertarian. I don't see the problem with this unless he's proposing a constitutional amendment to have their right to vote removed.
- notfromhere 10y agoIt's a problem when he influences the political process with his money and holds totalitarian political beliefs.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoAnyone with money can influence the political process with money, regardless of their beliefs. Are you going to limit speech to that with which you agree with? You either trust democracy or you don't, and quite honestly I don't. People are disinterested, apathetic, and uneducated on the issues.