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[QUOTE="Conservationist:792757"][QUOTE="the_reverend:792735"]ps: I got your package. to quote carina "do you really want to end democracy?"[/QUOTE] <3 and [url=http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Plato/dp/0872207366?tag=darklegions-20]Plato - The Republic[/url] Yes, I do want to end democracy. Although it seems like the best system, and is close, it * empowers the parasitic individuals to create greater socialized costs * eliminates the possibility of consensus toward constructive rather than reactive plans * leads to a sense of poisonous individualism which not only does not make individuals happy, but dissolves society itself. As Plato argues, Democracy is a time span in the life cycle of a society which precedes tyranny, because things get so out of control in democracy that the society eventually needs reunification by a strong leader -- usually a criminal. I would prefer to avoid totalitarianism or mob rule (communism). I like European socialist states, with localized leadership, and a sense of kinship, with some form of imperial warlord ruling it all. I don't think the solution is purely political, but equal parts cultural and philosophical as well. I once thought democracy was the answer. Years of thinking later, I do not. I also think that most political movements are created to justify the self-image needs of individuals, so I distrust most. I like the idea of a society that moves always forward and upward; our current society is mired and, as Gelso of Profanatica pointed out, doing much less than it needs to be to make us actually happy. I think awareness of this on a cultural level is necessary for the change that will make good use of a different political system to happen; in other words, ending democracy alone isn't the whole of the plan. I'm half William Blake and half Ted Kaczynski -- specifically, Ship of Fools and "The cut worm forgives the plough." Thanks for asking! Hope you enjoy it... most people here (TX) think it's an anti-Bush shirt, because it's a spoof of an old Bush-Cheney ad. When they ask I say "that, too." [/QUOTE]
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