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To: Dale Baker who wrote (114539)7/3/2009 3:07:08 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541957
 
>> it's not a simple picture<<

Nothing is. I told my mother last week "Suppose you find yourself elected President. Can you imagine how powerless you feel after the first executive briefing?"

I was thinking about all the treaties, alliances, negotiated positions, undocumented quid pro quo and just general chaos that is probably the country and its internal / external affairs right now.

It seems the only rational response, is "Well, what CAN we do and what should we SAY?" I feel better with the current admin making that call than the last. I don't envy anyone in that position. It may be as bleak as Wharfy says.



To: Dale Baker who wrote (114539)7/3/2009 3:25:51 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541957
 
Indeed democracy is good when it was institutionalized and respected. I was blurring the definition and saying majority rule by one group having dominion over another was essentially the same thing as a "flawed democracy" - it probably isn't. Majority rule fruits haven't been as consistent (at least in my surveys of world history, which may be biased or incomplete).


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