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Re: True democracy in America.
Isaac Hopkins <[email protected]> wrote:
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[[ Sorry, I am in a bitchin mood today. It happens not too often]]
>A truly Democratic society is only feasible when you have an educated
>society that can act outside of their own self interest.
This is why we do not need a "true" democracy. Why should any individual act in a way
that is not in his best interest?
The blanked-out concept here is the concept of "best-interest"
It would be *very* interesting to drag the collectivists into such a debate.
But they are wise enough to thread away from what is, to them, quicksand...
>In a democratic society you must be accepted by
>the majority in order to survive.
>Think about all of the greatest minds in
>history, most of them were very controversial. A democracy is just the
>tyranny of the majority.
Then, why strive for it? Apparently, it is not in the best *long term* interest
of the vast majority of individual in that society...
JFA
Selfishness is a fundamental Virtue.
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