The real well known quote is „Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried“. This is much more positive than Roland’s new version, which leaves room for lots of good undemocratic systems. Roland makes the unjustified assumption that plebiscites are more democratic than is parliamentary democracy. Churchill would not have agreed; he was a great parliamentarian.
Perhaps Roland is right that plebiscites would not have supported the policies of Hitler or Stalin. But who would have organized the plebiscites? Anyway Hitler was very popular among Germans, as long as his troops were advancing; and anti-Semitism still seems popular in Russia and elsewhere.
That Roland’s new democracy must be good, is another unjustified assumption.
Another Churchill quote may be relevant: „the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter“.
What is this WEB 2.0? Am I missing some software?
Von: Chris Wood
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