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My point was less on the benefits/drawbacks of individual decisions and more on the presence of democracy and therefore the need to convince individuals of publ
by scottrogowski 6y ago
My point was less on the benefits/drawbacks of individual decisions and more on the presence of democracy and therefore the need to convince individuals of public policy to make it happen.
For the record, I think of democracy as a strictly positive thing even when it seems like democratic societies have erred.
- josephg 6y ago> For the record, I think of democracy as a strictly positive thing even when it seems like democratic societies have erred. Thats a surprising thing to think without justification. To hold up a mirror, imagine if someone said the same thing about china's communism: > For the record, I think of China's communist system as a strictly positive thing even when it seems like the CCP has erred. There was a great quote by Bill Clinton - "The problem with ideology is that it gives you the answer before you've asked the question."