RE: Questions for American Atheists
June 30, 2012 at 1:47 am
(This post was last modified: June 30, 2012 at 1:49 am by Reforged.)
(June 30, 2012 at 1:24 am)cratehorus Wrote:(June 30, 2012 at 1:18 am)RaphielDrake Wrote: Democracy is a stage, the elections just another performance and your freewill a carefully constructed illusion.
SO what exactly is your favorite form of government? What would you prefer? theocracy?
To date there has been no form of government created capable of functioning properly and caring for its people while accounting for mankinds selfish nature. Capitalism, unfortunately, reflects humanities base nature which is why it has been so widely adopted. Its all about gaining more than your fellow man, increasing your station and steadily consuming more and more. It is of course unsustainable and we all know it. Communism works in theory except that it fails to take into account human nature which results in a select few being far more "equal" than others. Ancient Greece came fairly close to what I would consider perfect democracy. The community as a whole voted on bills and motions, not representitives. However, this would require everyone to be very well informed and in a modern day setting where media influence is as powerful as it is biased I am uncertain if it would not simply shift the reins more firmly into the grasp of the corrupt.
Any system created will always fall prey to the natures of those who create them. I therefore conclude that inorder to create a system that works we would need to change human nature to be intelligent, inquisitive and benevolent... which is unlikely to happen as such people are rare and would not be able to pass on their genes and memes more than the vast majority who, and lets be fair to them, are complete fucking morons.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred.
- Abdul Alhazred.