Re: Down With Democracy?

From: Miriam English (miriam@werple.net.au)
Date: Thu Oct 04 2001 - 17:04:56 MDT


Ummm... I'd just like to make sure everyone realises I didn't write that
bit below. I think it must have been a Lorrey quote.

         - Miriam

At 02:32 AM 05/10/2001, Charles Hixson wrote:
>Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
>>Miriam English wrote:
>>...
>>Tyranny of the majority in a low trust society will always result in the
>>growth of influence of communist/socialist groups.
>>...
>
>
>Tyranny of the majority is bad, but it doesn't compare to tyranny of the
>minority. The only solution I know of is to some how restrict the powers
>of governments. This is usually temporary, as governments are quite
>clever about circumventing such rules.
>--
>Charles Hixson
>
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