the above choice was taken from the following introduction to an article entitled "Why Democracy Is Wrong":
"Democracy does not deserve the semi-sacred status accorded to it. In Europe, democratically elected politicians such as Jean-Marie Le Pen, Silvio Berlusconi, Umberto Bossi, Gianfranco Fini and Pim Fortuyn are a reminder of democracy's defects: an anti-racist dictatorship is preferable to a racist democracy. Democracy is expanding globally, but not because of its moral superiority. Military intervention is now the standard origin of democratic political systems. Any universal ideology will tend to crusades and messianic conquest, and democracies feel entitled to 'bring freedom' to other countries. Below, more on the ethical problems, definitions of democracy, the issue of inequality, the defects of democratic culture, the nation as the 'demos', the claimed justifications for democracy, and alternatives to democracy."
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/democracy.html
2006-08-03
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