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Sal VJ
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Spady said :
A democratic republic with proper checks and balances. Like J3 said, you can't have a pure democracy with too many people. The government, as James Madison in the Federalist Papers said so eloquently, should not be for the minority, nor for the majority, but for all.
True, a technocracy is already "for everyone", just run by - in my mind - qualified people, as it should be.

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I bet someone will cry elitism or some hogwash.
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08-Jul-2014 14:55:21

Emp
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Nothing wrong with a benevolent dictatorship. I'd go for a truly anarchic society (voluntary lack of government, not a failed, or lack of, government, like some are stating) over a representational, or pure, democracy any day. The average person is too easily swayed by fearmongering to be allowed any form of control. Which I suppose is a problem with anarchy as well, but at least then the idiots can't do much.

09-Sep-2014 16:00:43

Black Death

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I am going to define Anarchism and Democracy in my eyes and compare the positives and the negatives of each.


Anarchism: I see Anarchy as a lack of government/authority. I don't see anarchy as the chaos that comes from a collapsing state.

In society based around anarchy i see two possible outcomes:

1) a person gathers followers and slowly takes control over the state leading to a dictatorship.

2) People will continue to live their lives based around already existing morals that have been built around society. People will work out their issues in different ways most commonly people will agree or disagree some people will fight for their views and others will be open for discussion.

i could see some sort of Mad max Thunder dome type fighting happening to support each opposing augment. two sides enter a fight one comes out on top from some sort of violence.

I think the problem with Anarchy is that it will overall support Violence rather than logical conversation to solve problems between each other.  I think most people look at anarchy as more or less as "Mad max: Road warrior" where a group of bandits just go around doing what ever they want killing and stealing and well that could happen yes but i think people would get tired of that and band together to overcome the immoral people in the world.

I see anarchy as a way to strengthen a group and humanities morals though the hardships that the society suffers from.

20-Sep-2014 00:14:14 - Last edited on 20-Sep-2014 07:39:22 by Black Death

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Democracy: I see it as a system that is used to keep society in check with the current morals of that time.

Democracy mostly supports protecting people from each other a way to solve civil issues without violence. However the problem with democracy is that in most cases the people select a hand full of people to represent all people and thats what i disagree with.

The select group of people typically take advantage of that people and can take bribes to favor a dissension that aids the person that is giving the bribe. This is not allowed in a democracy but it will happen over time regardless.

When enough things cause the general public to get angry be it an issue were the government turns a blind eye to corporations taking advantage of there workers things start to get bad.

The people will generally revolution will either come in the form of the people taking control of the government though violence or the government has enough power and wipes out the revolution then it becomes more like a dictatorship that is shared among a small group of people though fear mongering.

20-Sep-2014 00:24:47 - Last edited on 20-Sep-2014 07:52:29 by Black Death

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As you can see both have flaws.

I think Anarchy has the possibility to lead to a higher moral society but its a game of chance that ends in either that higher moral society or a dictatorship.

I think Democracy will lead to corruption because of greed in the end.


My viewpoint of the positive outcome of Anarchism is  "Social Anarchism".  however i don't believe that either anarchism or democracy is the better choice.

20-Sep-2014 00:32:36 - Last edited on 20-Sep-2014 07:59:35 by Black Death

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Overall What i truly support is a system that is all about improving the quality of life for all humanity, a system that is about solving basic problems within humanity to move us forward as a whole rather than a divided people.

We are all humans on this planet regardless of age,race and religious beliefs. we need a system that promotes moving past personal gain but promotes a gain for the entirety of our species.

20-Sep-2014 08:08:30

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