You are a very funny optimist, Sir. :)
On Jul 3, 7:30 am, Contemplative <[email protected]> wrote: > hmm... I will take the bait... :-) ( I am such a sucker!) > > Democracy is the only chance that I have to exert the force of my ignorance > on a plethora of subjects for which there are > far too many experts with conflicting views. In order for someone to > manipulate me, they must present their brilliance in > such a way that I can connect with it, thus they have to dumb it down so far > that no matter what they do or say, they > will in fact have lied. Subsequently, when I actually see what applying > their brilliant idea means to me, I am perfectly > justified in voting the arrogant SOB out of office for being dishonest. > > Democracy, if nothing else, slows the pace of progress just far enough that > those of us less brilliant (or just plain ignorant) > don't become completely enslaved by those more brilliant, who would > eventually determine that our ignorance make us > less than human, and therefor justify making us their property to do with as > they see fit. > > I may be ignorant, but I will not be owned! (at least not on paper) :-) > > I don't mean to be glib. What I say above is a (hopefully) lighthearted, > cynical and very simplified expression of what I really think. > Democracy is the only form of government that allows the ignorant to really > count, at least a little bit. Democracy is what allows > any ignorant individual to become less ignorant if they are willing to work > at it a bit... after all, ignorance is correctable.
