Reply #18: "Democracy" is over-rated [View All]

[ConcernedCanuk]

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If the masses are ignorant, mal-informed, misinformed or tempted to vote for reasons that are not in the best interests of the nation

Then you end up with a government that doesn't really represent the real wishes of the masses.

Under Saddam, regardless of his faults, Iraq was stable.

Now it is a hotbed of violence, inflated fuel prices, polluted water, inefficient sewage systems, increased unemployment, shortage of hospitals, food, electricity . .

The list is endless

So

Wherein lies this so called "blessing" of a "democracy" ?

OH

I forgot

Now the USA controls Iraq, and their oil

Silly me . . .

(sigh)