He "punk'd" me, on his WORD UP blog.
Compared me to Vladimir Putin. Not favorably. Do you see the resemblance?
Seriously: Ed, I'm callin' you out. Admit it, you big wuss: YOU don't believe in democracy, either. No one does. When someone says "democracy" they often mean some mishmash of good government and broad participation. All the rest of the time, they mean:
"If everyone in the world were as smart as I am, and as well-informed, then they would agree with me. The only possible basis for disagreement with my views is ignorance, or immorality. Therefore, REAL democracy is actually a DICTATORSHIP OF ME."
The U.S. is a republic; it has never been a democracy. That's the only reason we have survived this long.
I think you people need more Mencken. So, since it's Friday, here's a double shot of Henry Louis:
"Democracy is a form of worship. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses."
"Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right."
1 comment:
Oh...I guess that's right.
Well, then.
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