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> Instead of leading us Why should they be leading us? The only people who should be allowed to "lead" are democratically elected officials. And even then we s
by leto_ii 5y ago
> Instead of leading us
Why should they be leading us? The only people who should be allowed to "lead" are democratically elected officials. And even then we should be very reluctant and very critical of any of their abuses.
> Compared to the elite statesmen of old, who are these pretenders?
Probably about the same. If anything it's a bit better now because we can at least see how petty, arrogant, callous etc. these people actually are.
- quacked 5y agoDemocracy only works when the people governed are capable of forming a society; Americans today are mostly dependent and incapable of maintaining any sort of survival or supply chain without direction. Do you think that the owners of the banking cartels, major tech companies, and military suppliers are one-to-one comparable with the founders of the United States? I hold no cult-like reverence for them, but the founders were well-learned, multi-lingual, and believed deeply in the structure of government and felt a responsibility to control the direction of the fledgling U.S. from the spotlight rather than from the shadows.