No- to your last question- but it's tough sledding to be an autocrat. I guess I am an independent conservative with senses of humor and despair. By the way, you were right about attempts to modernize Afghanistan in the 30's- which failed- so thank you. There was a good article in my 1958 Enclyclopaedia Britannica which led to my moving the furniture around in the den so I could get to the volumes along with Ridpath's history volumes and then- sit down- I lugged up the old Commodore 64 so I could play a bridge program, etc. having lost the art of finesse along the way.
On Feb 12, 11:04 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't believe in democracy as standardly dreamed up. The problem is > an idiot demos. But my contention is that I believe in the rights of > this demos more than most who claim to be democrats. Most situations > in everyday life contain no true democracy - work being the classic. > We rarely believe social groups can work without a chain of command. > > There are alternatives to "strong leadership" (which gives us goons > like Blair, Bush, Putin, hitler - etc. the list is almost endless) and > the farce of the current GOP list. The Dutch polder system is an > example. But we generally shy away from collective decision making as > too slow. > > Anti-democracy is built in to our systems. Think about our likely > collective reluctance to pay me 90% of our resources if we had a > business - yet we might not understand how those few doing such taking > in the general economy take in the same way from us through ideology > of the deserving rich. We would easily be able to vote against 'my > 90%' - but how do we vote against Apple's sweatshops and cash held > offshore? > > Are you a democrat?
