The democratic process and the principle of ‘one man, one vote’, is one of the foundation stones of liberal democracy and is seen by liberals, Marxists and social democrats as an institutional reaffirmation of their ‘sacred’ principle of human equality.
Even so, the implementation and the practice of democracy and the practice of one man, one vote, has throughout history, not been without its problems and without its detractors.
Critics have pointed to the fact that by definition, half of any human population are of below average intelligence, and in an age of advanced technical, political and cultural sophistication, it seems absurd to allow a 50% input into any decision making process, from people who are of below average intelligence. This especially so, when the outcome of such a decision may be irreversible and frequently does have ramifications extending far into the future that will impact significantly upon the future well-being of our society, our nation, or our race.
The sole alternative to democracy is often portrayed as the extreme opposite, rule by dictator or rule by a small elite, however the choice does not have to be one or the other of two polar extremes, and the belief that there is only this one stark choice is deliberately proffered by our liberal mass media, precisely in order to prevent proper debate of the matter. The media have an obvious vested interest in perpetuating a system whereby … continued …
jackdaw
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When the ancient world were considering the best type of governance, i think
democracy was far from the front runner and a benign dictatorship was
prefered.
I think they may have been right.!
Jack Mite
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Democracy works, but only for a decent people with similar values. The art is to keep youself cleansed of disruptive alien influences. That’s the key.