Phil Henshaw wrote: > The ideal product of democracy is decision making that reflects a whole > understanding of things by integrating all points of view. Trouble develops > when the points of view that believe in suppressing all others take over. > I have my doubts about the evolutionary value of democracy in the modern world. For example, in the corporate world the motivation is supplied by stockholders and the points of view are supplied by employees. Worse, the corporate leaders, workers, and stockholders are all different people, disinterested in the welfare of one another. Complicating matters is that the corporations have the ear of government. Democracy in these kinds of conditions requires individual courage and idealism.
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