First one? Really? (Politics)

by David Turell , Saturday, June 13, 2009, 18:26 (5640 days ago) @ xeno6696

Maybe freethinkers at large don't care about the sphere of politics? I find that hard to believe. - I don't know that this statement is correct. There are many critical books out there, including mine. 
 
> A democratic system virtually guarantees that certain decisions will never be made. (My thought, not Nietzsche's.) No one is willing to give up their seat of power to make a "right" decision that will result in their not being elected again. - Very true. That is why term limits are necessary, and the rules should include no lobbying after terms in office. And why 'sunset rules' should be followed.
 
 
> It is clear we inherited this basic power struggle from our distant apelike ancestors. - I don't like to compare humans to lower animals. We broke off from the bonobo and chimp branch 6 million years ago. We are different in kind, not in degree because of our brain power and consciousness. See Adler: 'The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes", 1967 (but still in print).