RE: The GOP
December 24, 2011 at 6:27 pm
(This post was last modified: December 24, 2011 at 6:28 pm by paintpooper.)
I did not write this. Good view of "democracy".
"All political systems in the world today
are the product of the struggle for power
between instruments of governing. The
struggle may be peaceful or armed, such as
the conflict of classes, sects, tribes, parties or
individuals. The result is always the victory of an instrument of governing -- be it an individual, group, party or class and the
defeat of the people, i.e. the defeat of genuine democracy.
Political struggle that results in the victory of a candidate with 51 per cent of the votes leads to a dictatorial governing body
disguised as a false democracy, since 49 percent of the electorate is ruled by an instrument of governing they did not vote for, but
had imposed upon them. This is dictatorship.
Besides, this political conflict may produce a
governing body that represents only a
minority, for when votes are distributed
among several candidates, one of them polls
more than any other candidate. But if the votes polled by those who received less are added up, they can constitute an over-whelming majority. However, the candidate with fewer votes wins and his success is regarded as legitimate and democratic! In actual fact, dictatorship is established under the cover of false democracy. This is the reality of the political systems prevailing in the world today. They are dictatorial systems
and it seems clear that they falsify genuine democracy."
"All political systems in the world today
are the product of the struggle for power
between instruments of governing. The
struggle may be peaceful or armed, such as
the conflict of classes, sects, tribes, parties or
individuals. The result is always the victory of an instrument of governing -- be it an individual, group, party or class and the
defeat of the people, i.e. the defeat of genuine democracy.
Political struggle that results in the victory of a candidate with 51 per cent of the votes leads to a dictatorial governing body
disguised as a false democracy, since 49 percent of the electorate is ruled by an instrument of governing they did not vote for, but
had imposed upon them. This is dictatorship.
Besides, this political conflict may produce a
governing body that represents only a
minority, for when votes are distributed
among several candidates, one of them polls
more than any other candidate. But if the votes polled by those who received less are added up, they can constitute an over-whelming majority. However, the candidate with fewer votes wins and his success is regarded as legitimate and democratic! In actual fact, dictatorship is established under the cover of false democracy. This is the reality of the political systems prevailing in the world today. They are dictatorial systems
and it seems clear that they falsify genuine democracy."
"...the illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world."
- Carl Sagan
