Durant wrote:
>
> ...
> >
> > We need a council of elders to listen to the cries of the human tribe. Not
> > Phd's and career climbers, but rice farmers and single mothers and lovers of
> > the planet.
> >
>
> You mean a decent democracy, not the mock-version we have?
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Why not *both*?
At least the PhD's -- not *all* of them are
bad. Conversely, rice farmers and single mothers can have
as "selfish" motives as career climbers (*some* of whom
might not be as greedy in a more humane
society?).
If "love" was
enough, then the cliche that the road to hell is
paved with good intentions would probably never have
been coined. E.g., what about the people who
love "the planet" (Gaia, etc.) so much that they
put the interests of lower life forms *ahead* of
the wellbeing of persons?
But I agree about our having only a mock democracy.
In a real democracy (irrespective of how good or
bad it would be...), the big issues would be
decided by the people and not by a few CxOs
(be they "capitalist" or post-Soviet or whatever).
\brad mccormick
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