(December 22, 2014 at 6:40 pm)lifesagift Wrote:(December 22, 2014 at 6:28 pm)Beccs Wrote: An honest one.
You don't like democracy but you want to be consulted on decisions that might affect you which is potentially ALL decisions. Somewhat contradictory, no?
Stop right there...
don't make decisions for me please.....You just like arguing I feel..
whereas to me democracy fails in as much that you elect person A on promise Y and they deliver promise V
There's no assumption about making a decision for you ( and I don't see how I could make a decision for you anyway - though making an assumption is quite possible).
Yes, we take a risk when we vote for people. But the only other options are some form of dictatorship or anarchy or to drop out of society completely.
If there are other options I'd be interested in knowing.
Dying to live, living to die.
