In this first post I will try to argue that electoral reform will not improve democracy and it will definitely not help the libertarian cause. You can find the outline of the possible discussion in this post
My migration from Wordpress to Substack was not as smooth as one could hope for.
Here are the non-migrated comments on this post:
Wojtek says:
2014-09-11 at 11:28 pm
“Democracy is not good in itself; it is in fact a very dangerous social order. Its dangers lie in the reverence we hold for its supposed legitimacy: if most of us want it, it must be a good thing. In democracy we idolize the prospect of mob rule. Democracies can be seriously immoral. Just look how it worked in the French revolution. Just look how it turned out in the third Reich. That was ALL democracy.” Zorn, I do like most of your posts – but not this one. Are you implying the superiority of theocracy, monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, plutocracy, or similar structures? I know that you don’t. Are you trying to please the Anarchist crowd? From your post the most wise statement is “DEMOCRACY IN NOT GOOD IN ITSELF” – actually, it’s a very important statement. Democracy is as good as the societies (or rather their elites) are, and this is true of other political systems too. So what is good about a democratic system as opposed to others? Can you think of any good points?
My migration from Wordpress to Substack was not as smooth as one could hope for.
Here are the non-migrated comments on this post:
Wojtek says:
2014-09-11 at 11:28 pm
“Democracy is not good in itself; it is in fact a very dangerous social order. Its dangers lie in the reverence we hold for its supposed legitimacy: if most of us want it, it must be a good thing. In democracy we idolize the prospect of mob rule. Democracies can be seriously immoral. Just look how it worked in the French revolution. Just look how it turned out in the third Reich. That was ALL democracy.” Zorn, I do like most of your posts – but not this one. Are you implying the superiority of theocracy, monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, plutocracy, or similar structures? I know that you don’t. Are you trying to please the Anarchist crowd? From your post the most wise statement is “DEMOCRACY IN NOT GOOD IN ITSELF” – actually, it’s a very important statement. Democracy is as good as the societies (or rather their elites) are, and this is true of other political systems too. So what is good about a democratic system as opposed to others? Can you think of any good points?