In his superb analysis of democracy, Hans-Hermann Hoppe observes that “prime ministers and presidents are selected for their proven efficiency as morally uninhibited demagogues. Thus, democracy virtually assures that only bad and dangerous men will ever rise to the top of government.”
Read the essay by Jaimine Bezboznik.
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“Superb analysis” is certainly correct. It couldn’t get much more concise.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Plato
@ Average Joe … about Plato …
Participation in “the system” does nothing to change the fact that the democracy only ensures the “least common denominator” (candidate with the greatest crowd appeal) is elected.
When a majority demands “strong leadership” you get Executive Action from either of the two political extremes. When a majority demands social justice / welfare you get The New Deal, The Great Society, and The Affordable Care Act.
In today’s America (geography, not nation-state) there is no frontier upon which men learned to survive and thrive by their own skills and abilities. Very few people in modern society live and think as fully adult individuals.
Therefore, there is no political solution … no way to vote your way out of the current mess.
@Hans….
As stated before, I cannot see how failing to participate helps so unless and until someone can demonstrate how it hurts I will continue to support candidates who demonstrate a willingness and or record worthy of support. Neither should my continued participation in the process prevent me from looking for solutions or taking other actions.
I do have my doubts about a political solution, especially one that does not involve demands and actions that go beyond the normal bonds of civil society, but will not be accused of a lack of effort for a peaceable resolution. As a professing Christian I see no alternative.
@ Average Joe
I’m not finding fault with your desire to do good. I was merely saying that circumstances indicate your well-intended expenditure of wholesome energy will have nearly zero effect on the outcome.
The “hurt” you don’t yet observe is the persistence of the charade; that each new voter is taught to “work within the system” and live the Myth of Sisyphus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus) … rather than realize “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it”.
Not long ago I was psychologically in your current situation. After observing the behaviors of supposed “good” candidates once they entered office, I concluded my energy and treasure would be better applied to the physical and emotional security of my family.
The actions of the political system upon good people can be paraphrased using a potato chip marketing slogan: “vote (crunch) all you want, we’ll make more (corruption)”.
I have internalized another phrase from the DoI … for me “to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them” is now a personal, rather than societal, mandate.
@Hans…Trust me when I say that it has been many, many years ago I lost any faith in the ‘system.’
This became VERY real a few years back we a group I was involved in backed several local candidates, all claiming to be ‘conservative’, and were promptly stabbed in the back after getting them elected. The only thing worse than that betrayal we the realization that far too many in the group only cared they had an ‘R’ behind their name.
Heck I even upset one of them soooo bad that after the meeting, which I had been invited to address, he approached me and told me I needed to leave the state. LMAO! He had smoke rolling out of his ears because I likened elected officials who offer bribes to businesses, so they would relocate, to ‘robbing hoods.’ Guess I hit a nerve eh?