Sujet : Re: The joy of Democracy
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 19. Oct 2024, 06:26:18
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On 19 Oct 2024 03:15:19 GMT, rbowman wrote:
On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:16:40 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:30:33 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
All government is a self-legalising protection racket.
Would you rather live a life that is, what was the phrase, “nasty,
brutish and short”?
Hobbes ignored centuries of societies that did quite well without a
dictatorial sovereign in charge.
Such as?
The ancient Greeks had the only solution: checks and balances. Because
“power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”.