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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [QB] All of the above? This is, of course, essentially Plato's argument against the democratic state. But, as I'm sure many will rush to point out, the United States is far from Athens. In theory, at least, the will of the majority is balanced against the tempered experience of the elected officials. Perhaps more importantly, what good does such an observation do us? Are we to read this as an anarchic manifesto? (Power is evil!) Because surely what holds true for the democracy holds true for any concievable government. If we believe that the people in power will always pursue their own ends at the expense of those beneath them we might as well quit this whole civilization farce and go home. I am going to tenetively suggest that the good professor is overlooking the subtleties of relationships between the governors and the governed. Beyond that, this two hundred years stuff I find highly suspect. What constitutes a "great civilization"? China, which has existed in a recognizable form for four or five thousand years? Even what we might nebulously call England took a lot longer than two hundred years to run its course from feudal state to superpower. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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