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A comment on The Triumph of Stupidity (1933). Parent comment

Re:The Triumph of Stupidity (1933) by zenogais on Friday November 27, 2015 @12:49PM (#10638170)
> It is to ask people and empower them to get what they need directly. I.e. democracy

You've simply replaced one unproven ideal with another here.

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Re:The Triumph of Stupidity (1933) by astazangasta on Friday November 27, 2015 @01:36PM (#10638308)
How is democracy an 'unproven ideal'? It has thousands of years of history across many human cultures.
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Re:The Triumph of Stupidity (1933) by zardo on Sunday November 29, 2015 @08:52PM (#10647150)
Were any of those cultures successful because of democracy? We don't have controlled experiments on human governance, no ideas have been proven.
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