RE: How can Democracy NOT lead to Oligarchy?
July 18, 2020 at 12:48 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2020 at 12:53 pm by Porcupine.)
(July 18, 2020 at 5:59 am)ignoramus Wrote: What have theocracy, democracy and the CCP have in common?
different haircuts and the common man getting screwed
"Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time" - Winston Churchill
Sometimes even shitty-minded people, such as Churchill, say sensible things. It's no more surprising than the fact that sometimes reasonable people say insensible things.
"Zen … does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes." - Alan Watts