Thursday, July 19, 2007
Democracy <-?-> Republic
Following up on my "GWB" post the other day as well as its germane comments, take a look at "Protection from the tyranny of democracy and republicanism," written the same day as mine, amazingly (must've been something in the air that day, eh?) (grateful h/t CRR* Tatyana). That blog is a terrific addition to my must-reads, for one thing, and, for another, the article makes good points about democracies and republics (both upper- and lower-case) and, in particular, about the American constitution.

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Blogger Barb the Evil Genius — at 4:45 PM, July 19, 2007:
I don't want to live in a full democracy because, as Tatyana pointed out, crowds are fickle and people can become all too happy to abandon their freedoms. When the crowd is in control, it can be too easy for the "bread and circuses" mentality to kick in. Or to vote in things like "free" health care, "free" retirement funding, etc.
 

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Blogger Tat — at 5:17 PM, July 19, 2007:
Thank you, Barb, but it was Neo who's pointed out, nit me (I can only wish I could think with such clarity and express myself so beautifully in English as her).

Full democracy, in my view, is something as it is understood in Middle East countries - stoning to death by a crowd would be a good example. This mentality, in watered down but no less potent state in its consequences, what made me want to emigrate from SSSR.
 

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Anonymous Anonymous — at 9:19 AM, July 21, 2007:
I started a comment on this but got a bit out of my depth, plus the link wouldn't work for me.
 

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Blogger Tat — at 2:28 PM, July 21, 2007:
ligneus,
here's the link
 

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Blogger jau — at 11:30 PM, July 21, 2007:
Link is fixed. Sorry about that!

Ligneus - I hope you'll persist. Your getting out of depth is unlikely and bound to be interesting in any case.
 

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