Comments on: Top 10 Things Americans Want but Can’t Have http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/politics/top-10-things-americans-want-but-cant-have/ Another mouthpiece of the Geek Army Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: speedmaster http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/politics/top-10-things-americans-want-but-cant-have/#comment-5 speedmaster Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:21:05 +0000 http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/?p=8#comment-5 Democracy is just mob-rule, or 'mobocracy'. It does not in any way guarantee liberty. "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." -- John Adams More on that topic here. http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/ Democracy is just mob-rule, or ‘mobocracy’. It does not in any way guarantee liberty.

“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”
— John Adams

More on that topic here.
http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Suds http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/politics/top-10-things-americans-want-but-cant-have/#comment-4 Suds Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:20:55 +0000 http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/?p=8#comment-4 Oh - and don't forget slavery. Never would have gotten rid of that with a popular vote... Never would have gotten into WWII... All the civil rights legislation... Don't fall into an idealized view of the tyranny of the majority. Oh - and don’t forget slavery.
Never would have gotten rid of that with a popular vote…
Never would have gotten into WWII…
All the civil rights legislation…

Don’t fall into an idealized view of the tyranny of the majority.

]]> By: armygi http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/politics/top-10-things-americans-want-but-cant-have/#comment-3 armygi Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:00:34 +0000 http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/?p=8#comment-3 "TRUTH!" It's out there..... but not here!!! “TRUTH!” It’s out there….. but not here!!!

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