The Inside Assyria Discussion Forum #5

=> democracy overated

Posted by pancho (Guest) - Sunday, June 10 2007, 0:50:42 (CEST)
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...it`s happened before...a democracy becomes rule of the super-rich and to maintain themselves they begin to change laws..they don`t get rid of the democracy, hell no...for it allows them to be "elected" to office. They just change the set-up...like it is now...now, when you need to be a millionaire or be backed, some would say "bought", by several millionaires before you can even think of running for office.

America`s democracy, like all the rest, is simply majority rule. That`s all any democracy is. The framers tried to be sure we didn`t just create a tyranny of the majority, so they paid special attention to thwe rights of the minority party...that`s what the Bill Of Rights is all about...it promises such guarantees to everyone so that even the smallest minority, which could never hope to win any election, could be assured that their basic human rights would be as protected as those of the majority..and this is what neo-cons hate about our Constitution...because a minority as samll as Transsexuals can have their day in court and win decsiions against far larger foes...this is the beauty of America`s democracy..or it was. Gradually the neo-cons are convincing us that we need to "tighten up" the Constituion..for our own "protection"...they told the German people the same thing...the trouble was "too much freedom"...meaning the smallest person had the same, not more, freedom and rights as the mightiest...that never goes down well with the mighty...and God and fear of "Terrorists" are the means by which they`re accomplisging this.

You need much, much more than simple democracy to create a viable society...one that respects the rights of everyone...for most people, our Assyrian forums especially, all democracy has meant is the chance to create their own personal tyranny...that`s all. Bush is using laws we have now, laws he benefited from, to remove those same laws and protections....just think of Justice Uncle Thomas Clarence who got where he got because of welfare benefits and quotas...and promptly turned in his own sister and voted to strike down the very laws which helped him rise above Jim Crow...

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