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September 18th, 2017, 09:13 PM | #171 | |
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There is no human being who should have unchecked power, not even someone so wonderful as me. Any worthwhile political system should start with the idea "we are a rule of laws and institutions, not about loyalty to one particular individual". Nothing about doing that prevents you from having a generous social welfare state. But you what you really don't want is to make the personality of the ruler the key variable in your liberty. A good system can survive a bad ruler . . . a bad system can't. |
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Wouldn't it be one of the best political system in level of ethics? Last edited by Roubignol; September 18th, 2017 at 09:37 PM.. |
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September 18th, 2017, 11:05 PM | #173 | |
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Separation of powers and the often ugly process of democracy is the best guarantee against tyranny. |
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@Everyone: Thank you for your thought-inspiring quotes.
Here are some quotes about socialism and government I thought you'd like to ponder: "The dictatorship of the proletariat will become the dictatorship over the proletariat. We could elect the most radical revolutionary to lead us, and within ten years he would be worse than the Czar himself." -- Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist and opponent of Lenin "If people are basically good, you don't need big government; if people are basically evil, you don't dare let them run one." -- attributed to a libertarian activist of the '60s |
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September 19th, 2017, 02:22 AM | #175 | |
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As for communism, why doesn't it have enough self-confidence to give its own people the power to vote their rulers in or out? Why must communism and totalitarianism go hand in hand? Similarly, totalitarianism and capitalism share the same conflicts of interest which lead to varying degrees of corruption and abuse. People in power/money like to keep it, get more, and use it to influence their very narrow priorities. Translation: Individuals and institutions in power (or money) rarely share the priorities of the people because empathy slows/conflicts with their rate of progress. Many leaders share the trait of being conscience-free sociopaths (less baggage to carry up the ladder of success). Last edited by PatentHappy; September 27th, 2017 at 07:49 PM.. |
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Like that the people could be revoked in case of tyranny or corruption. Sweden looks great, because the politicians must be transparent. But maybe politicians don't get a real ethics. People can be liberal or communist and have a huge sense of ethics, but also can be hidden under a flag to manipulate the population for their own benefit. By the way... Swedish government is the first Occidental government that proposed to get a carbonfree economy. |
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September 19th, 2017, 06:09 PM | #177 | ||
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Here's a basic principle: words on paper don't constrain autocrats-- they do what they can, until someone stops them. Its never words. Quote:
Note his fury at Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation. Clearly Trump's belief and intention was that Sessions as Attorney General would shut down any Russia investigation. Instead, he demands an "investigation" of his political opponents. That's how your ethics, tyranny and corruption "tests" work in practice. -- getting back to socialism. Socialist policies in a state with a strong democratic framework and constitution are fine. Socialist policies in a State which allow the Party to dominate the Constitution . . . that produces tyranny. Sometimes it can be pretty efficient-- today's Chinese Communist Party does a pretty good job-- but its always dangerous. If you read the old Soviet Constitution, the DDR Constitution, the Chinese Constitution -- they all _say_ nice things about guarantees of freedom, but because of the system that they created, those guarantees were meaningless. Without an independant judiciary and legislature, all they are is paper. Last edited by deepsepia; September 19th, 2017 at 08:41 PM.. |
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When I read your comments, I'm surprised to see that your justice let Trump to participate at the election. |
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October 21st, 2017, 06:45 PM | #180 | |
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That is, as the lawyers say, a “nice sentiment”. Go read the Iraqi Constitution, it’s filled with nice sentiments. Making stuff work isn’t about having some noble aim, it’s about the nuts and bolts of making it work. |
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