Take heart, three counties in Idaho went Democratic this past election,
not my own, I'm sorry to say. The previous election was a clean sweep
for the Republicans. Of course, that didn't win any representation, but
it surely did help my feelings.
We also have a Green Party, but it's green as in g
I would add "critical thinking" to Stacey's four requirements for democracy, maybe you
could say it's a subset of true literacy - but it certainly seems to have declined
drastically in the past three decades.
BTW, this thread brings to mind a novel by Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here, about
Title: Re: OT:FW: Watching democracy die (and be reborn?)
In the current form of democracy, they take the power and we, the
people, take the blame for everything. Votes never count for much as
long as the ruling powers pick your choices.
-Allan
Well written it was worth the effort to
Four requirements for democracy:
1) freedom of press
2) high literacy rate
3) high voter turn-out
4) low infant death rate
The U.S. fails on all counts. It is not a democracy.
--- Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This essay was written as though the polls
> themselves were not
>
This essay was written as though the polls themselves were not
already contaminated. As though intelligent and charismatic liberal
politicians in this country have not been culled through assasination
or media-fueled scandals in this country since the Kennedy
assasination. (I mean, folks, do we
Title: OT:FW: Watching democracy die (and be reborn?)
How times have changed. It is fascinating to see a Russian newspaper
critiquing the rise of tyranny in the United States! Remember the
Evil Empire? Ah, to see ourselves as others see us, perhaps with
greater clarity.
The article below
