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Pastimes : Neocon's Seminar Thread

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To: Neocon who wrote (873)9/4/2003 12:28:09 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) of 1112
 
The idea of a natural aristocracy was promoted by Tom Paine

An appeal to authority, while natural for an authoritarian, does not add legitamacy to the idea of a self selected elite governing the country. Even natural leaders wind up with a next generation which continue to claim the status and privledge of the elite while contributing only average talents. The Kristol family is a perfect example going from original, if misguided, thinking in one generation to toady for Murdoch in the next. From the days of Plato to the present the combination of chosen people and master races have lead to destruction and ruin. The descent of America into such a philosophy would spell disaster for our children's children.

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