> > You mean a decent democracy, not the mock-version we have?
> [snip]
>
> Why not *both*?
>
> At least the PhD's -- not *all* of them are
> bad. Conversely, rice farmers and single mothers can have
> as "selfish" motives as career climbers (*some* of whom
> might not be as greedy in a more humane
> society?).
>
> If "love" was
> enough, then the cliche that the road to hell is
> paved with good intentions would probably never have
> been coined. E.g., what about the people who
> love "the planet" (Gaia, etc.) so much that they
> put the interests of lower life forms *ahead* of
> the wellbeing of persons?
>
Who talked about "love"?
I'm sure I didn't...
Eva
> But I agree about our having only a mock democracy.
> In a real democracy (irrespective of how good or
> bad it would be...), the big issues would be
> decided by the people and not by a few CxOs
> (be they "capitalist" or post-Soviet or whatever).
>
> \brad mccormick
>
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