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Re: Democracy in Egypt: A snuffed candle?

2012-11-25T14:31:34+00:00

I hate to say it, but the moment college degrees are required to vote will be the day Rome is rebuilt.

Statistics: Posted by Liv — Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:31 pm

Re: Democracy in Egypt: A snuffed candle?

2012-11-25T09:36:23+00:00

Liv wrote:
Democracy only works when you have an educated mass. Which of course explains both Egypt and America.

I've been thinking about this very thing for a long time. I wonder if this might be at least part of the philosophy behind the initial restrictions for voting in America. While keeping political power almost exclusively in the hands of citizens well-off enough to own land, it DID tend also to make sure that only people with a minimum of education were the ones deciding things.

It has never been a perfect system, but I think at least having some training in critical thinking for all who would vote should make it a bit closer to idiot-proofing the country.

Statistics: Posted by SouthernFriedInfidel — Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:36 am

Re: Democracy in Egypt: A snuffed candle?

2012-11-25T09:21:32+00:00

No need to justify yourself. Bush was an idiot, and anyone outside of America knows it.

There's no doubt the MBH is trying to take control and turn it into a Sharia law state.

Democracy only works when you have an educated mass. Which of course explains both Egypt and America.

I suspect we're on the verge of the Clash.... but, let's hope this isn't the beginning.

Statistics: Posted by Liv — Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:21 am

Democracy in Egypt: A snuffed candle?

2012-11-23T20:44:57+00:00

One of the central pillars of "the Bush Doctrine" over the course of this century has been the push to establish democracies in all nations. Because, as Bush apparently believed (based on his C+ study of History in undergrad school), Democracy is God's own chosen form of government and inevitably leads to Peace on Earth.

We are seeing today that democracy isn't exactly all that, since in Egypt, the people elected an Islamist who has decided that Democracy isn't quite his cup of tea. His declarations of assumed political control and status above any judicial or parliamentary review aren't going down well with his opponents, as you might expect. I wonder how long the Islamists who support him now will take to realize something is not quite right in Cairo.

Of course, this Mursi character is announcing that the powers he is giving to himself are "only temporary," and are meant only to streamline the process of getting the rest of the government set up properly. How many dictators in history have said EXACTLY THE SAME THING? I imagine that a dedicated student of history like Dubya could readily tell us that. Assuming he wasn't drunk or stoned on coke during the class that discussed that point of history...

And in case you're wondering, the answer is YES, I AM still bitter that a dimwit who got his way through life paved by his rich family became President of this country for eight frickin years. It ,ay be beside the point of this post, but I will remind the world of this item so long as there are neo-cons still in the US government. So there.

Statistics: Posted by SouthernFriedInfidel — Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:44 pm