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Ooh, what a delightfully aristocratic objection. We can't give the lesser peoples self-rule, they'd rule themselves wrong!! Have you considered any noblesse ob
by fennecfoxen 12y ago
Ooh, what a delightfully aristocratic objection. We can't give the lesser peoples self-rule, they'd rule themselves wrong!!
Have you considered any noblesse oblige-style colonization and rule of third-world nations? Sounds like a good match.
- Aissen 12y agoI'm aware of the ethical implications, and I haven't made my mind on the matter (probably never will). I just said that it's not a silver bullet, and presented cases where it could go wrong.
- jodrellblank 12y agoThat looks like the author is not saying "they'd rule themselves wrong", they're saying "they'd rule me against my wishes by voting conservative reactionary and ineffective laws into my life"
- fennecfoxen 12y agoThe feeling is probably mutual, for what that's worth -- as evidenced by the first amendment and a wave of religious-freedom restoration acts. Postscript. You'd think a little geographic diversity and a federal system would let people let each other live in peace but instead we have national culture wars.
- CamperBob2 12y agoYou can be as snarky as you want, but the fact is, I don't want the average dumbass on the street to have that much power over my life, and neither, I suspect, do you. There has to be something resembling meritocracy in any functioning organization, and that includes a government.
- rjaco31 12y agoThe hard part is finding incentives not to get corrupted once you're in place.
- yellowapple 12y ago> We can't give the lesser peoples self-rule, they'd rule themselves wrong!! I'd normally take your side on this, but then there's the fact that the Southern United States still exists and is a major reason why U.S. law borders on jingoistic theocracy.
- easytiger 12y agoSo you are saying uninformed populist opinions should be made policy