At 3/18/09 11:53 PM, Nev wrote:
I am, so knock yourself out :). When I read it I'll be sober-er :P.
I'll do it a bit later, but right now I'm tired. Here's the basic run-down. Fascism = one party rule, extremely powerful state, no form of voice whatsoever from the people, militaristic, imperialistic, pro-war, and often in favor of ethnic cleansing or ethnic/religious unity.
But most of those voices will be ignored in favour of the majority.
Exactly. this is called "tyranny of the majority." there was just a pretty good example a few months ago here in california; Proposition 8. If you haven't followed Californian politics, Prop 8 would ban gay marriage in the state of california by adding a sentence in the California constitution. Prop 8 passed by like a 4% margin. Now, tyranny of the majority fits in like so: why should the straights (the majority) decide for the gays (the minority) whether the gays could marry or not?
I see democracy as a TV talent show. You could be Stephen Hawkins and vote for the true genius, but if enough of the fucking morons vote for the clichéd retard then the intelligent option is fucked.
Basically. And America (and the world) happens to be full of retards :P