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Westerners have a peculiar belief that voting on candidates for political office who make up about .02% of government employees and who have been chosen careful
by newnewnew 13y ago
Westerners have a peculiar belief that voting on candidates for political office who make up about .02% of government employees and who have been chosen carefully by party organs beforehand constitutes the first and most sacred freedom, to be valued over anything - even good governance or personal liberty.
- polymatter 13y ago"No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time" - Winston Churchill (a famous Westener) - Speech in the UK House of Commons (1947-11-11) - The Official Report, House of Commons (5th Series), 11 November 1947, vol. 444, cc. 206–07
- newnewnew 13y ago"People who quote Churchill seldom have given serious consideration to other forms of government" "The Devil was the first Whig"
- skore 13y agoSorry, but that is four levels of obfuscation with a strawman tacked to the end. You may criticize how it is carried out in detail, but just blanket attacking representative democracy is idiotic and simplistic. Oh wait, your first word was "Westerners". Gotcha, you already set out to state your prejudice, not make a balanced argument based in facts.