#2 2012-03-02 10:17:08
Individuals can make smart decisions. Groups have historically proven otherwise....
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#3 2012-03-02 15:29:57
None of us is as dumb as all of us.
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#4 2012-03-02 16:21:37
It makes perfect sense to me. This is why money, hype, height, and good hair are more important when it comes to winning an election than qualities such as intelligence and honesty.
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#5 2012-03-02 19:03:59
We fucked up when we abandoned the original intent of the founding fathers. Only property owners were supposed to be able to vote. The rationale was that these people had skin in the game and would make wise decisions. In addition, property owners were better educated, more informed, and more intelligent than the masses.
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#6 2012-03-02 19:20:28
fnord wrote:
It makes perfect sense to me. This is why money, hype, height, and good hair are more important when it comes to winning an election than qualities such as intelligence and honesty.
Hence the calls by a certain political party to eliminate the Department Of Education.
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#7 2012-03-03 00:15:39
H.L.Mencken wrote that "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." thus predicting the Tea Party, and also "We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.", predicting George W. Bush. Amusing little mots . But, if we buy his argument, that means governance should be the sole province of the "elite".
Problem is, who gets to decide who the elite are?
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#8 2012-03-03 02:20:16
sigmoid freud wrote:
H.L.Mencken wrote that "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." thus predicting the Tea Party, and also "We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.", predicting George W. Bush.
Henry was referring to then current Moran In Chief, Calvin Coolidge.
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