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Re: Government's role [Was: Re: What happened?]
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Thu, 22 Jul 1999 23:07:44 GMT
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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:36:03 GMT, "Christopher L. Weeks"
<c576653@cclabs.missouri.edu> wrote:
> I'm not speaking for Larry here, but some Libertarians agree that the
> government is big and needs to be scaled back, but don't believe that
> the original concept of our government is without flaw. I would be
> gladdened by what you suggest, but it would just grow out of control
> again. And democracy is flawed. The whole deal with democracy is that
> the majority gets to push the minorities around and I think that's a bad
> system. (It beats minorities pushing majorities around - which is what
> it replaced - but ideally no one would be pushed around.)
So what do you want? Total anarchy? That's minorities pushing
majorities around again.
Being pushed around is a natural state of being for humankind.
Maybe one day we'll grow out of it, but it'll be another few centuries
at the _very_ least.
Jaspert
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| Jasper Janssen wrote: <someone else said democracy is the majority pushing minorities around> (...) Oh, I get it. The choices according to you are: - the majority thumps the minority over the head with a stick - everyone with a stick tries to thump (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm not speaking for Larry here, but some Libertarians agree that the government is big and needs to be scaled back, but don't believe that the original concept of our government is without flaw. I would be gladdened by what you suggest, but (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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