crukstrom wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (snip) > > >... Gradually I am coming to > > realise that he now seems to speak an entirely different language, a > > language I cannot respect, a voice against democracy. Thus I review > > the criticisms of his peer group and of his detractors, wondering if > > there might be any substance to their rants. > > > > I guess I don't know what democracy really is, is this (U.S.) a > democracy? It seems more like a form of chaos that is somehow kept > together through myth, money, ignorance, debt and greed. Maybe a true > democracy can only exist if all the citizens are self-realized. I > don't know, I just sometimes wonder how close or how far from being a > true democracy we really are. > > Rick Carlstrom Rick... good summary of what is going on here now. I don't know if The Founders (USA) ever used the word "democracy" in a good light if at all. Their intent was to establish a constitutional republic with the primary purpose of protecting individual rights and restricting the power of government. We've drifted pretty far away from that ideal IMO. Don To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
