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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JBTFD who wrote (121006)	1/2/2012 3:39:35 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224704

Churchill said democracy is great, until you talk to a voter for 10 minutes

To: JBTFD who wrote (121006)	1/2/2012 4:41:51 PM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224704

Here's the problem ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Participation To Earn Class Credit At Columbia U. Announcement Comes As Dozens Are Arrested On New Year's Eve January 1, 2012 7:00 PM newyork.cbslocal.com NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Columbia University will offer a new course for upperclassmen and grad students next semester. An Occupy Wall Street class will send students into the field and will be taught by Dr. Hannah Appel, a veteran of the Occupy movement. The course begins next semester and will be divided between class work at Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus and fieldwork that will require students to become involved with the Occupy movement outside of the classroom. The course will be called “Occupy the Field: Global Finance, Inequality, Social Movement” it will be run by the anthropology department. Appel is a staunch defender of the Occupy movement, in her blog she said that, ““it is important to push back against the rhetoric of ‘disorganization’ or ‘a movement without a message’ coming from left, right and center.” Appel told the New York Post that while her inv

To: JBTFD who wrote (121006)	1/8/2012 2:29:30 PM
From: TimF	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224704

Saying the problem is the voters, is not the same as saying the problem is democracy. Think of democracy as the basic scheme, our specific government setup is the implementation of that scheme, and the voters are the people participating in that scheme. That's (at least) 3 things that can be a problem not one. In a sense democracy is the problem, because almost any group of voters is likely to cause problems. But its only really the problem if you look at it through the lens of unrealistic expectations for other forms of government. I agree with - "...democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." - Winston Churchill