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  Democracy (The illusion of equality) Hudson Taylor remarking on his observation of how the Chinese treated their women in the 1800s said that he didn’t think English women understood how much their better treatment in life was due to Christianity. This was because for most of human history, the strong have always taken advantage of the weak. The essential proposition of Democracy is that everyone has an equal voice, when in reality even if there were only two people on the planet, the stronger, pushier, or more devious one will always get his way. In modern Israel they intended to have a Democracy but mistakenly allowed their Supreme Court to have rule over any law they thought was unreasonable. As a result their country is ruled by a few judges. In most places Democracy produces results similar to the French Revolution. In America two things initially limited the destructive power of Democracy. The first was a large percentage of Christians who actually tried to live their faith. Secondly, a growing frontier siphoned off many of the ambitious as the relatively young cities had not yet accumulated large fortunes that future generations would contend for.   In the early 1800s a Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, came to the US. He was curious as to why Democracy seemed to work in the US after having failed in France. He concluded that Democracy would last as long in the US as it took people to realize they could vote themselves the treasury. He perhaps underestimated what could be achieved with complex systems of debt. Plato thought that people should be governed by the best people, of which he thought himself. Defining “best” has always been difficult. Wisdom might be a good criteria except few that lack wisdom can even recognize it much less see any value. Those who are truly wise often see an advantage in remaining anonymous. Most people want local government to arrest criminals and national government to maintain a military strong enough to deter those who would invade. However, since mankind is basically selfish, people and groups seek to control others and profit through government. Perhaps the strongest advocates for Democracy are those who feel they can control what people think and thereby gain control of government. Perhaps the best argument against Democracy is that mob rule often ends badly. Democracy was necessary to get people to volunteer to enslave themselves in collectives. A king or emperor might have absolute authority, but in reality could not order his people to do this, people had to be led to do it to themselves.   |
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