On Sunday, June 15, 2014 11:25:49 AM UTC+1, telmo_menezes wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 9:32 PM, John Mikes <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Telmo: >> >> I am a multilinguist (similar to you I suppose) and consider the word >> 'democracy' as the rule "Cratos" of "DEMOS". the totality of people. You >> (and probably others, too) mean It >> as a practical political format based on expression of desire by MANY >> (majority - called) 'voters'. >> > > John, I agree with your definition. My fear is that democracy cannot be > protected from a collapse into a dictatorship of the average, and a > misinformed average in the worst case. >
I totally agree, and so does history and all sense. It's immensely disrespectful of all of our ancestors to imagine they were for eons a bunch of dozy fools that didn't see how easy it was. It's really hard to keep things on an even keel. It's definitely a lot more realistic to at any point a person happens to have born, to assume things are getting worse. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
