I Have Lost Faith in My Province's Politics

[o_O.Q]

SpokenTruth said:

o_O.Q said:

lmao it still amazes me that people do not understand that democracy often leads to tyranny

tell me something if the people of a society are stupid and vote away their rights collectively,

for example, the right to free speech

                      ,the right to protect themselves 

      ,the right to associate in groups etc etc etc

what would that result in?

 

"Just because they call themselves something, doesn't mean they are."

correct, but if someone calls themselves something and their actions or policies align with their stated title then i'd have to be pretty stupid to not acknowledge that right?

You missed my point though I largely agree with you regarding a democracy.  It can become a mob rule and eventually tyranny if opposition doesn't exist (or is squelched) as happened in Germany nearly 90 years ago.

My point was that these names don't apply accurately.  NK is certainly not a democratic republic. Neither was East Germany.  And Cuba isn't a really a republic because elections are, currently, for show (seeing hope for this soon).

i acknowledged that just because someone uses a title, that doesn't automatically mean that their actions/policies are in alignment with that title

 

that's not the case with the nazis since their policies, just about all of them, were socialist policies, most or maybe all of which socialists are clamoring for today in america

a retort being thrown around is that some of the policies existed before the nazis... but so what? they still promoted and enforced those policies while they were in power so its a silly argument to make