--- joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> Well, yes, perhaps it's time to re-examine the icon
> of democracy.
> Perhaps look at things like the following:
>
> 1) Democratic regimes are perfectly capable of
> heinous acts; for
> example, the conquest of the Americas. Formal
> democracy is no guarantor
> of right action.
>
> 2) Does democracy mean anything more than the
> temporary resolution of
> the competing claims of individual self-interest?
>
> 3. What is the meaning of democracy in a culture
> steeped in commerical
> brainwashing?
>
> Just to get this going...
>
> Joanna
>
> Chris Doss wrote:
>
> >I'm kind of interested in getting a discussion on
> this
> >started. We have a situation in which the autocrat
> of
> >a country, who has broad popular support, fixes an
> >election, and the corresponding failed
> Western-backed
> >"colored Revo." Who, if anyone, should we back in
> such
> >a situation (assuming it is any of our business)?
> The
> >demos in this case does not want democracy.
> >
> >Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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