Posts claim majority rule/pure democracy can be "tyranny," list leaders voted into office (Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedong, Vladimir Putin, Nicolás Maduro), state that being voted in doesn’t guarantee legitimacy, allege rigged votes, include the phrase "most of your country's voters are literally retarded," and link a GIF.
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"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
Actually I think feudalism was pretty good.
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
Read the book "On Tyranny" Talks a lot about the collapse of democracy into tyranny from the perspectives of the average person in the country. Big shift in thinking instead of the typical big man focus of documentaries and history books.
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
Agreed, but also suddenly inspired by a new thought... This "final vote," the highest stakes, the vote to end voting... I'm intrigued. I really like this concept.
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
Can we return to Feudalism? Lol
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
Ah now this is really intetesting. I will tell you exactly how it goes according to me. I discovered long ago that love and help are very good, but not enough while evil factors are acting with impunity. Maybe you don't have to punish them though. In most cases you just have to expose their evil, hypocrisy and deceiving actions to remove the consent they need and turn them harmless. So you don't have to hate. Hate is a bad advisor... Don't hate
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
It was impossible to understand your mentality, until I realized that you care more about punishing the people you hate, than helping the people you love.
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
Absolutely! The list just keeps growing, huh? 😂 Voters can be a bit clueless sometimes. Let’s keep adding to it! #EndlessList #VoterVibes
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
The pareto principle itself doesn't come into it, other than that 80/20 is always a good split I choose because of the principle. But if you're saying that reducing the power and function of government by 80% hands that 80% of power to a 20% elite as bad or worse than before... I don't think that's the case because that 80% still enforces their power in that reduced government space following their own incentives rather than having central planners do it.
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
It was written after WWII, and is effectively the German Constitution. https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
The US consistution was a wise and well thought out document - they did their best and it was guided by good thinking. I don't know anything about German Basic Law though - I'd imagine it's broadly similar to Common Law in the UK?
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
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"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
I'm inclined to disagree, if I may offer a quote to start: 'The purpose of a system is what it does' I'd argue that it's a bad thing, in and of itself. In a system where opting out is a choice, and where you agree to be bound by the result of a vote once you've committed to it, that's fair enough, but what we have is the ability to decide who will kick us in the shins and stamp on our feet while shaking our hands. I'm not a fan, as you can probably tell 😄
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
Feel free to lengthen the list. It's an endless list. Voters are sort of retarded.
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
Yeah ok, but where are the other names?
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
One user asked what is democracy? I replied: banana republic & Montesquieu
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
If 80% of the population is incapable of being able to participate in a democracy... then it follows that the government should be doing 80% or so fewer things... such that the few things they do do are so simple that the 80% can understand those things.
"The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif"
There's nothing moral about democracy as it's implemented.
The idea that any craziness can be justified by polling the majority is crazy. The majority is sometimes crazy. A pure democracy is a menace. Majority rule, unfettered by the rule of law and separation of powers, is tyranny. You know who has been voted into office? Hitler, Stalin, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedung, Vladamir Putin, Nicolás Maduro No, being voted into office does not make your government legitimate. Sometimes, it just means you rigged the vote. Sometimes, it just means that most of your country's voters are literally retarded. One of the great ironies of democracy is that it doesn't prevent the voters from voting in someone who ends democracy. There are some votes cast, that are the final votes cast. https://media.tenor.com/VhzNxntsNe0AAAAC/mmm-the-irony-is-just-delicious-simon-grove.gif
