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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:51 PM Original message |
''The Tyranny of the Majority'' |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kick |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Kick again.... |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Sick, isn't it? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Very well put. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kick |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Tyranny of the majority is not as dangerous as most other kinds of tyranny. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Sure about that? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. What was so horrible about it? Sure it was chaotic and a lot of innocents got killed |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. What was so horrible about it? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. The tyranny of the majority is not worse than the tyranny of the minority. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I agree that tyranny..... |
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cark (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Isn't all legislation tyranny then? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I can't believe it is |
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cark (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Define oppression |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That sounds like an anarchist definition of oppression |
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cark (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Why Not? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. I can't agree with your definition of tyranny |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. After a fashion -- yes. |
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cark (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Considering Legislation - Freedom of Choice |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. Bookmarking. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. kick for the lunch crowd. n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Indeed. |
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endeavourniche (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Re: Tyranny of the Majority |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. And, theoretically, it works. Some of the time, it actually does. |
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endeavourniche (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Agreed |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm confused. Couldn't Tyranny of the majority describe public healthcare? |
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endeavourniche (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Hcare |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. As I've said in a post response upthread..... |
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cark (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I don't see any difference. |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. Im wondering when some church |
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endeavourniche (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Maybe not |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. You make a very interesting point.... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. Oooooh! Is it worse than the capitalist oligarchy we actually have? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Since man discovered agriculture, the Capitalist Oligarchy.... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. thank you for a fine little essay... |
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