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So what? But tell me how we or anyone knows that "one big flaw with democracy is mob rule." Was it tried, or is such flaw a theory?

 

You do know that there are high profile leftists millionaires and Billionaires who are greedy and support policies that support them and not the working people.

 

It would be cheaper to take the icons off both, put doors on the stalls, and stop worrying about which toilet a person pees in. We have more important problems to solve.

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Yes it was in Athens and French Revolutionary France. The problem and the big flaw with Democracy, is that eventually the mob, or the majority, will take out the minority or everyone else. So the whole reason the founding fathers created the government the way it is and the voting system the way it is, with the electoral college system, was to protect any minority from the wrath of the majority. It's History and political philosophy 101.

 

It's a simple question. Hopefully you dodging it means you've never considered it before. The first step in fixing a problem is realing you have one.

 

Amen brother.

 

fair enough

 

It's clear the liberal brain is wired backwards. Is this frustrating to conservatives?

 

Cute. So you're very sure democracy at work cannot ....... work.

 

no I'm just saying realistically, too much democracy becomes tyranical, but too little democracy becomes totalitarian. So the whole point of the american system of government in a way was to create as much freedom and representation for everyone, without any form of tyranny or mob rule takeing over. Again American history and political philosophy 101.

 

You have no idea what you're talking about, and you have no damn business calling yourself a conservative.

 

Ok prove me wrong then. How do I not know what I am talking about. Give me evidence to prove me wrong.

 

Why do conservatives hate welfare to individuals but never complain about corporations that receive far more welfare which cost taxes payers far more money?

 

I am not against welfare. What I am against is someone who gets welfare who is clearly a drug abuser or who is clearly not trying to contribute to society. I do think welfare should be given to people like my mother for example. My father died when I was very young and my mother was left to raise myself and my sister all by herself. In cases such as this I have no problem with welfare. I also have no problem with welfare for people who have mental or physical disabilities.

And to answer your second point. I don't know what specific cases you are referring to in terms of corporations receiving welfare but I will say, I am against any corrupt or any illegal corporate dealings.

 

I regard myself as being an independent conservative. I believe my views are conservative, but not "Republican" often times.

Question: Through the legislative process, Congress appropriates money to be spent on various things. They spend more than the government takes in. Which do you think most closely represents your point of view? (1) The People should be taxed enough to pay for the spending, or (2) There should be no increase in taxes to pay for our spending. Deficit spending is preferable to increased taxes.

The easy way out is to say you want no increase in taxes, and you want less spending. If you want less spending and no tax increases, please identify how you would decrease the federal budget by $544 billion.

 

Now that I have some time, I can address this.

Your "History and political philosophy 101" seem to fail. There was never a problem with "mob rule" in either case. But aside from that, The development of democracy to which you refer is the development of politics and democratic politics in particular. I referred quite clearly only to democracy in the workplace, Now, if you want to argue that democracy cannot work in the workplace, we could discuss it but you would first be challenged to explain how you know it won't work.

 

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Is a Neocon truly, "conservative"?​

 

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Is a Neocon truly, "conservative"?​

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Again this is all subjective, but The Neocon worldview doesn't fall in line with my own.

 

Are you telling me that a group of people or a mob, going around taking people and chopping off their heads and carrying them around on a pike, is not mob rule. I would like to see what logic you use to justify this. Also, if you think their is no flaw in democracy, then read Plato. But in terms of democracy in the work place. Look, depending on what job you have I think it can be somewhat considered. But, in jobs like the military where there is a strict protocol and the only way for things to work right is if everyone follows orders, then no of course not.

 

How about Neocon economic policy?

 

I am not totally informed on the Neocon way of dealing with economics, so I have no opinion on the matter. But considering the fact that Neocons typically don't fall in line with my own personal conservative libertarian form of Republican style politics, I am willing to guess that I wouldn't agree with it.

 

Guess Democrat's are conservative then or else I doubt Hillary would have gotten so much corporate funding. This is the logic I don't get with liberals, because you claim to be against all of the things you then happily voted for and are now complaining about why people didn't vote for her.

Sanders seemed like a good guy but the DNC threw him under the bus ASAP.

 

How about deregulation void of responsibility for one thing.
Bail outs for another.

Is there any policy of Neocons you recognize as conservative?


Moi

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Oh sure. No prob. That isn't democracy. Don't you understand the difference between democracy and mob rule? Was the KKK and their lynchings "democracy"?

Again, we aren't talking about military. We're talking about employment.

 

Presumably, then, you'd have us believe that in a country which condones the sodomizing of children, a citizen of that country who does so is acting morally. Got that about right, haven't I?