Why I don't believe in democracy

submitted by elonmusk7 from self.whatever

Democracy doesn't work because it selects for popularity over merit. Society is already a democracy and our leaders are chosen by us naturally. We don't need votes. The elite in ancient times were chosen by natural ability and provided the most value to the state. There were issues in consolidation of power by the elite that democracy was supposed to break up but instead it just created a political elite that siphon the wealth of the state into their personal coffers and offer nothing but empty words.

I think we should get rid of democracy and allow the elite to form naturally as they did during ancient times. Democracy is collapsing anyway so a leadership composed by those selected by their god given talent would be best for most nations.

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[–]Titanic 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Democracy doesn't work because it selects for popularity over merit.

Only for a stupid population, our mass retardation is the problem, not democracy

Even for a population of fucking tards, every other system is still worse: kingdoms and dictatorships only select for birthright or psychopathy, not merit. Russian roulette.

society is already a democracy.

I agree. Lets enforce the order God created! If it goes unenforced, we have problems. Look at Haiti, which is basically a kingdom ever since last week. The gang leader is essentially king, because he can kill more people than everyone else. Does that make him good at governing? No. Does his "natural ability" to murder and maim and mutilate people make him a good governor? No it makes him a menace to society who should be shot!!!

Furthermore, do you like the idea of having someone unquestionably in charge and able to tell you what to do and order you around? No fuck that. I'm not a woman, I don't want someone telling ME what to do, unless God himself has said so.

[–]HugodeCrevellier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Item 12745 indicating that humans are currently decivilizing,
deleting the achievements of the past centuries,
sinking back into some kind of idiocratic neo-feudalistic dark ages
... but with cell phones.

[–]ceck 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

absolute power intoxicates alike despots, monarchs, aristocrats, and democrats, and jacobins, and sans culottes. I cannot say that democracy has been more pernicious, on the whole, than any of the others. Its atrocities have been more transient; those of the others have been more permanent. The history of all ages shows that the caprice, cruelties, and horrors of democracy have soon disgusted, alarmed, and terrified themselves.

-John Adams

“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”

– John Adams