Democracy = Rule of the fools - Page 19 - Historum

Gaius · April 13th, 2011, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Alcibiades

The above could not be more true,IF it applies to DIRECT democracy.As AP points out,modern -style democracies(republics,really),are different.
Alcibiades

The thread title is not "Democratic Republics = rule of the fools" though. A democratic republic is a completely different thing entirely and shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as democracy. You are right about how my quote was meant directly for democracy, because in a bipartisan government the losers still have power.

sylla1 · May 26th, 2011, 12:44 AM

Depending on the operational definitions, Democracy of any kind may indeed be considered the rule of all the fools; but experience has overwhelmingly shown that it systematically tends to be better than the rule of any single fool; Mr. Churchill was simply entirely right.