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You are right that we live in an approximation of democracy, but that doesn't entail that "we aren't ruled by an evil cabal, we aren't ruled by some landed elit
by jsnk 13y ago
You are right that we live in an approximation of democracy, but that doesn't entail that "we aren't ruled by an evil cabal, we aren't ruled by some landed elite. We aren't governed by some educated class (you should see some town hall meetings)"
Democracy permits all of the above without destorying its own meaning.
Also the statement that "We've chosen a democratic process" is a lie. It simply has been repeated endlessly that people believe it to be true. Tell me when was the time you decided to have democracy. People never had a choice. It was simply imposed and enforced.
Lastly, democracy is not the only means of having a civilization. Whether people like to admit it or not, as much as democracy can be good, it can also be bad.
- mathattack 13y agoI hate to nitpick words, but... "Whether people like to admit it or not, as much as democracy can be good, it can also be bad." I disagree here. Democracy has the capacity for bad, but it has much more capacity for good. To misquote Churchill (or someone else?) "Democracy is the worst thing going, except for the alternative"
- comicjk 13y ago> Tell me when was the time you decided to have democracy. People never had a choice. Actually, the fact of democracy is itself up for a vote. We could ammend the Constitution so as to abolish elections, if there were a consensus to do so. We have a choice.
- baddox 13y agoBecause of the extreme difficulty in amending the Constitution like that, you might as well say that oppressed people in a totalitarian dictatorship could simply overthrow the dictator, and that therefore their government is also a choice. There are a lot more violent regime changes than there are amendments to the US Constitution.