The masses left to their own devices.

[Chamdar]

Note the elitists slaughtering them.

 

[Jedah]

What is the purpose of this thread.

 

[Chamdar]

What is the purpose of this thread.

The point is whether or not democracy has failed.

I thought the Pieter Brueghel painting was somewhat appropriate for the subject, so I apologize for any confusion it caused.

 

[Eudaimonist]

The point is whether or not democracy has failed.

Failed compared to what? Failed based on what standard?

We accept in the fullest sense of the word the settled and persistent will of the people. All this idea of a group of supermen and super-planners, such as we see before us, “playing the angel,” as the French call it, and making the masses of the people do what they think is good for them, without any check or correction, is a violation of democracy. Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time; but there is the broad feeling in our country that the people should rule, continuously rule, and that public opinion, expressed by all constitutional means, should shape, guide, and control the actions of Ministers who are their servants and not their masters -- Winston Churchill

And how is the painting relevant to this subject?


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[The Nihilist]

I have spent the last two days having no idea what to say. This is unusual for me.