(May 8, 2015 at 2:04 am)CapnAwesome Wrote: If I ruled my own country I'd realize that dictatorship doesn't work and set up a representative democracy with a secular constitution the guaranteed a large amount of freedom for the citizens and then abdicate and move to my mansion filled with sexy brunettes who wear glasses and dress in plaid skirts.
I could work with that.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-