tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post111709964680934257..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Cue Card Libertarianism -- DemocracyPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-64047474070504644552009-11-11T19:21:08.422+13:002009-11-11T19:21:08.422+13:00Like Churchil said: democracy is the worst form of...<i>Like Churchil said: democracy is the worst form of government except for all the rest.<br /></i><br /><br />And when Churchill was "saving" the UK and the West, the UK was not a democracy in the sense we understand the word today. <br /><br />Let's be clear Churchill, Washington, Jefferson, Paine, etc would not and could not recognise the debased government of Western countries as "democracies" in any way, shape, or form.Sinnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-84177372452054518612009-06-18T14:27:28.242+12:002009-06-18T14:27:28.242+12:00Voting to elect people run the police and justice ...Voting to elect people run the police and justice systems required under an entrenched constitution is not a democracy.<br /><br />It's a constitutional republic in which elections are held to select the people to run the police and justice systems.<br /><br />A republic, if you can keep it.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-66993449721433594592007-09-30T18:52:00.000+13:002007-09-30T18:52:00.000+13:00Majority rule doesnt make somthing is right, but e...Majority rule doesnt make somthing is right, but else who decicides what is right? Sure you think libertarianism is right, but people disagree, others beleive just as strongly that you are wrong, how else can we come to a conclusion? Even if we managed to have a libertarian constitution that couldn't be changed it would have to be brought in by democratic vote and you would still have to have democracy to decide on the finer points of law, to elect people run the police and justice systems.<BR/><BR/>Like Churchil said: democracy is the worst form of government except for all the rest.Comrade MOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17064433671840996528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1117148551725236802005-05-27T11:02:00.000+12:002005-05-27T11:02:00.000+12:00A relevant PJ O'Rourke quote that helps explains S...A relevant PJ O'Rourke quote that helps explains Socrates' willingness to take the hemlock: "Government is also boring because in a democracy, government is a matter of majority rule. Now, majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But - like other precious, sacred things, such as the home and family - it´s not only worth dying for; it can make you wish you were dead. Imagine if all of life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza. Every pair of pants, even those in a Brooks Brothers suit, would be stone-washed denim. Celebrity diet and exercise books would be the only thing on the shelves at the libary. And - since women are a majority of the population - we´d all be married to Mel Gibson."Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1117148025179078822005-05-27T10:53:00.000+12:002005-05-27T10:53:00.000+12:00Indeed - while democracy may be a good way of deci...Indeed - while democracy may be a good way of deciding what WILL be done - it can make no such claims about what SHOULD be done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1117142085489182962005-05-27T09:14:00.000+12:002005-05-27T09:14:00.000+12:00I can't agree more.I can't agree more.Berend de Boerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433622686361556089noreply@blogger.com