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[silversolitaire]

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."

- Thomas Jefferson

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[sandrine]

Amen to that.

As I said before, the modern idea of democracy is rather messed up. :(

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Yes it is, because the losing half always feels trampled over. What if there's one car and 4 people, 3 want to go to the opera and 1 wants to go see a movie. In the end that one person will sit in the opera and feel trampled over. But on the other hand, what are the options? Sure, they could talk it out, but there are always people who are stubborn and refuse to change their views. It might work with 4 people, or 12, but with a hundred... or more? There's a reason why democracy is considered one of the biggest achievements of modern society. Yes, it sucks if you're on the losing side of a democracy, but I guess we all need to learn how to deal with that, too, because that's the only reason why democracy works. We can complain and be grumpy, but we have to accept that the majority wanted something else than us. It's still better than the ruling class just forcing all decisions on someone. Although... >_>;;;

As that German saying says "Wer seine Stimme abgibt hat nichts mehr zu sagen."

I think the best way out of this would be a Swiss model. Put all important decisions out for a vote of the people. And abandon the electorial college. But let's be realistic, even that wouldn't have helped Kerry win this time.

[sandrine]

It's still better than the ruling class just forcing all decisions on someone.

To a certain extend, yes, but what annoys me is how hypocritic it us, pretending that every single person has the chance to change things - and failing to mention that no, you don't, unless you belong to the vast majority. And when it comes down to it - I don't really care if the decisions are forced upon me by the ruling class or by the majority.

I still think a totalitarian system under a reasonable ruler would be the best alternative, but I guess that only works in theory either. In reality, we'd probably be stuck with a Hitler/Bush/Voldemort clone then, and that would be too scary to even imagine.

*sighs* That's why I usually turn a blind eye to politics. It just frustrating the hell out of me. :(

[starla9.livejournal.com]

hahah. Well, that's about what happened this time. >_