Thursday, October 21, 2004

Civics

Has our country gotten so stupid that we now all believe that "democracy" equals "any system of government in which an outcome is determined by a majority or plurality of voters."

In any modern democracy there are limits on the degree to which the majority can, through the use of state power, impose their will on the minority. Are we all so stupid to have forgotten that? I swear every discussion of democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq, especially (but not only) the stuff originating from our president, is at the 6 year old level.