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One can believe that some people are better at ruling a country than other people without believing that this is due to genetic differences between these people
by adrianN 5y ago
One can believe that some people are better at ruling a country than other people without believing that this is due to genetic differences between these people.
- rramadass 5y ago>One can believe that some people are better at ruling a country than other people That is a "belief" without any basis in facts and therefore untenable.
- adrianN 5y agoI'm pretty sure that I'm a worse at ruling countries than Angela Merkel and a better than the heroin addict that lives at my local underground station.
- rramadass 5y agoAnd yet all three have one vote each under a Democratic system i.e. you are equivalent in that context. The point is that when it comes to sovereignty, there can only be self-determination based on whatever accepted criteria by the people themselves. Relevant: The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie - https://mises.org/library/politics-obedience-discourse-voluntary-servitude https://mises.org/library/politics-obedience-discourse-volun...
- pjc50 5y ago.. so you let that be decided by election, right?