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Is Democracy A Good Thing?

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Offline Tick

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Is Democracy A Good Thing?
« on: November 23, 2011, 06:02:35 AM »
Do you think Democracy is still king or would you be for a change in government philosophy?
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Re: Is Democracy A Good Thing?
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2011, 06:03:50 AM »
I'm a fan.

A mechanism to remove poor leadership (regardless of how it is utilized) makes it preferable to any kind of autocracy.
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Re: Is Democracy A Good Thing?
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2011, 06:06:42 AM »
Democracy is good.

Abuse of a democratic system to better one's own prospects at the expense of the majority can be rather deplorable, though.
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Re: Is Democracy A Good Thing?
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2011, 06:07:55 AM »
This certainly can be discussed as a serious topic, but the punchline is only being given one real option.
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Re: Is Democracy A Good Thing?
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2011, 06:40:48 AM »
No. Mob rule is bad.
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Re: Is Democracy A Good Thing?
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2011, 06:53:36 AM »
Quote from: PraXis on November 23, 2011, 06:40:48 AM
No. Mob rules is bad.
Bullshit! That was a great Sabbath album! :metal
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Re: Is Democracy A Good Thing?
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2011, 06:59:13 AM »
Quote from: PraXis on November 23, 2011, 06:40:48 AM
No. Mob rule is bad.
This, and pure Democracy is seldom a viable form of government.  Most democratic societies run a Republic, mitigated mob rule.

It is about as good as we have achieved as a species.  I certainly wouldn't want to be under other forms of government we commonly know, but we should challenge all governmental form and always be trying to find better systems.
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Re: Is Democracy A Good Thing?
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2011, 08:24:22 AM »
The masses isn't cut out for self rule.
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Re: Is Democracy A Good Thing?
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2011, 08:31:28 AM »
Can we get, like, a council of the wise up in here?
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Re: Is Democracy A Good Thing?
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2011, 08:59:24 AM »
Democratic republic. It needs to be a balance of both mass rule and aristocratic rule; neither in absolute is good.
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Re: Is Democracy A Good Thing?
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2011, 02:33:09 PM »
If you ask me, is popular sovereignty good, I would say yes (and I would also say that more or less how things are, even under a Monarch). Popular sovereignty comes from the people, every individual, so in that sense is radically democratic. Government should strive to be this, and make itself as democratic as possible. The actual rulers in the country will be the Representatives, but that's why we make them responsible to the people. On a local level, government can be much more democratic than at a national level

And that whole Churchill quote, democracies sucks, but it's the best option we have.
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