--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > [...] > > > > Yes, I have always said that evolution is not the survival of the > > > > fittest, but the survival of the smartest. However, does that mean > > > > that smart (or enlightened) people, when they get into power, will > > > > make democracy obsolete? I doubt it. > > > > > > > > > > Democracies only work when the voters are well-informed, well > > educated and intelligent. > > > > > > Seems to me that the US has pretty much lost all claim to being a > > democracy.>>> > > > > That is dangerous talk. Go back a couple of hundred years to when women > > could not vote, blacks could not vote, commoners were lucky to get a > > vote in most countries, and the majority of people were used as slaves > > for the industrial revolution machine. You forget too easily how people > > strived for the right to a vote, and reason was that the rulers abused > > them. Never in history has a King sacrificed anything for the people, > > except when forced to. They always looked down on you and used you as a > > slave. > > > > These days elections of incumbents can be predicted with 90+% accuracy. If you already > know the outcome 90% of the time, how is this a real election?>>
So you expect democracy to be like gambling. God help us. It is nothing like gambling. It is predicatable to a good extent, and quite rightly so. Thank god. Bad argument Sparaig. OffWorld .
