John Linton ......Wise Beyond Wisdom, Ineffable and Omnipotent I sometimes wonder whether she really knew what she was doing when she invented democracy - unless it was as a cruel and enduring punishment for the human species. I understand that it might have worked for some of the more logical species like whales, emperor penguins, termites and elephants but how could she ever have expected it to work for humans? Especially after the Garden Of Eden incident which have must have clearly demonstrated to her that, no matter how well off humans are, they will always and immediately do something terminally stupid for no other reason than they have no ability to consider the consequences of their actions if they think they can get away with it.
The stupidity that: "Democracy may not be perfect; but it is better than all of the previous alternatives" which is variously ascribed to a lot of people who should have known better (including Churchill) is self evidently just plain wrong. Starting with the Athenians in the 6th century BCE whom God first blessed with this craziness more people have been enslaved (one way or another) or died in prosecuting either civil or external wars than any other form of 'government'. All forms of 'democracy' involve the subjugation of the many to the few who then proceed to pillage the territories inflicted with this pernicious form of 'government' and as many other territories that they are able to be reached until they are deposed by the many who reach a point where they feel able to do something about it.
Democracy, being based on the pre-eminent gross stupidity that all people can have an 'equal say' in how themselves and their territories can be governed tries to ignore the base tenets of humanity (as epitomised in motherhood, families and all education processes for the first 16 plus years of a human's life) that NO human can even feed themselves, dress themselves or carry out any other action required to keep themselves alive, healthy and able to learn anything useful unless they are specifically, and repeatedly instructed how and when to do so. Has anyone ever seen an example of humanity that crawled out of the womb and was able to manage any aspect of their life without precise and constant instruction for the best part of two decades?
Why then, if this previous statement is correct would God think that these helpless individuals are capable of making any sort of decision let alone decisions that result in selecting people to 'govern' their future actions and opportunities? It makes absolutely no sense at all. Or look at it another way. No one expects to hire an accountant that hasn't spent some years at university learning accounting. No-one expects to hire an airline pilot who hasn't been trained to fly small aircraft then gradually progressing to larger aircraft (always under the instruction of an experienced pilot ready to instantly correct the many errors of judgment made in the process of learning) before entrusting the lives of passengers to their care and attention....and so on and so on for an infinite number of examples.
But 'governing' a whole population? No problem - just put that in the hands of a bunch of self serving wastrels selected by a bunch of people with absolutely no idea of any aspect of the process with even less idea of the capabilities of the people seeking election...and never questioning why these election seekers would be giving up their well paid careers to take on a job that would not pay them anything like what they currently earn? Or worse; elect someone who has never actually succeeded in anything at all so far in their life to whom an MP's remuneration would be a step up!
There are so many incredible stupidities that comprise "democracy" that you have to wonder what Edenesque transgression modern humanity has committed to make God so pissed off with us to inflict her concept on so many nations around the globe. Roll on the Oligarchic revolution.One final, and most obvious condemnation of democracy - if it's so good as a method of selecting a government why doesn't it get used in any other aspect of human society? Does anyone suggest the military forces of all current 'democracies' are democratic? The civil service? The police? Any corporate entity? Universities? Schools? Sporting teams? Hmmmmmm?
Let me finish by quoting the late WSC:
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" (I prefer that to the quote of his that I used near the beginning)
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