Posted by: Taran Rampersad
on January 10, 2004 02:26 AM
Ahh, but a democracy permits people to decide who controls what.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;-) And if the people want control over something, democratically they will arrive at the same conclusion.
Everyone who's quick to nail down something as an 'ism' or 'acy' should look beyond the definitions in textbooks and try to reason why these things even existed. They were all created to try to maximize the Freedoms within a society. Some did better than others, but the freedoms were a central theme. 'Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness' was not said by Lenin.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;)
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Re:Democracy is not about economics
Posted by: Taran Rampersad on January 10, 2004 02:26 AMAhh, but a democracy permits people to decide who controls what.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;-) And if the people want control over something, democratically they will arrive at the same conclusion.
Everyone who's quick to nail down something as an 'ism' or 'acy' should look beyond the definitions in textbooks and try to reason why these things even existed. They were all created to try to maximize the Freedoms within a society. Some did better than others, but the freedoms were a central theme. 'Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness' was not said by Lenin.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;)
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