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▲ BoingBoomTschak 3 hours ago

"Democracy Just Werks^tm" is starting to look like "The Free Market will solve it" more and more with each passing day...

▲billfor 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The free market may eventually get bored...

“Of all tyran­nies, a tyranny sin­cerely ex­er­cised for the good of its vic­tims may be the most oppres­sive. It would be bet­ter to live un­der rob­ber barons than un­der om­nipo­tent moral busy­bod­ies. The rob­ber baron’s cru­elty may some­times sleep, his cu­pid­ity may at some point be sa­tiated; but those who tor­ment us for our own good will tor­ment us with­out end for they do so with the ap­proval of their own con­science.” C.S. Lewis

▲flexagoon 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried"

▲BoxwoodSeed 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Not too sure about that. It seems that stuff that is being demonized in democracies has a better approval rating among the people. For example absolute monarchy, as was exercised by Louis XIV.

Democracy sucks pretty hard. No one is held accountable for failure. Puppets with no real power get blamed and replaced to placate the population. If your pockets are deep enough you can buy laws.