> Some minority rights. And even then it has not worked very well > historically.
I disagree, I think it has worked spectacularly well. Non-wealthy people living in the modern democracies enjoy the greatest freedoms and wealth available to the non-elite in human history. With the possible exception of pre-farming/pre-nation state humanity where everyone was pretty much equally well off in the prosperous environments. But you'd have to make a value judgement on how much you value modern amenities for that one. There is an argument to be made that, oh say, a thousand years ago the simple life of a healthy peasant farmer was rewarding and enoyable living with the soil and not being burdened by too much philosophy - but that's just saying people who have found their niche have a good thing. You can find your niche today. The point is that systematically you're better off in a modern democracy _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
