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RE: Why Do Most Nations Fail and Why Has Exporting Democracy Abroad Failed?
The US wasn't even supposed to be a Democracy.
It was founded as a Constitutional Republic.
There is a difference... but even Obama thinks we are a Democracy...
Also, is there a reason that "democracy" sounds so much like "dem all crazy?"
Nice cover photo - sad day to be forcing a system of government upon other countries...
Democracy is a process, not a goal. Democracy is not freedom. Majority rule supersedes whatever meaning any individuals choice might have. The individual gets overruled, by definition…the wants of other people are clearly still forced upon all other individuals as an intrinsic part of the democratic process. Majority rules and minority yields to its compulsion, even its aggression.
If 51% of the people vote that vanilla can be the only allowable ice cream flavour, any who wish for chocolate are thence deemed as criminals. If 51% of the people think that war and destruction is a good idea, the rest that suggest more peaceful means are simply trampled.
When people hear the word 'democracy', they often immediately think of 'freedom' and 'liberty'. But democracy has nothing to do with freedom or liberty.
Its very foundation is not based on freedom at all but rather the rulership of mob group-think. Democracy does not promote individualism or diversity but seeks to abolish them. Its simply using the mechanisms of a 'government' to force a collective management of other peoples lives and individual choices.
Its not about individual freedom; its about what is popular amongst those merely calling themselves 'individuals' and forcing it upon all other individuals. How, then, is democracy anything resembling freedom? They believe it because they are told to believe it rather than thinking anything through for themselves.
No one votes to punish their own behaviour; they vote to punish the behaviours of others. No one votes to force themselves to pay for programs that they like; they vote to force other people to pay for them. Democracy is just a process which may or may not result in freedom (if the collective so deems it 'worthy').
Agreed, democracy is notsynonymous with freedom. Not even close.