Democracy fails when the demos fails.
If you have a lot of stupid people, then you have a lot of stupid laws.
So I don't see the problem with democracy, just with stupid people.
Re:Legalize It All
by zeemonkee3 on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @09:44AM
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Intelligent, well-educated people are capable of appalling stupidity and herd-mentality. Or as Agent K said in Men in Black, "A person is smart. People are stupid."
And the very same person did this, to justify to lie to the whole humanity about the existence of aliens ... to keep them as stupid sheeps.
So I don't agree. It might be, that intelligent people give in to group pressure of a all in all much more stupid group. But even if you have too much stupid people, their collective intelligence still pays off.
Re:Legalize It All
by random_upvoter on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @12:02PM
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Oxycontin is a prescription drug. I suppose it's illegal to acquire this drug without the permission of a doctor. I'm curious how many of people are in favor of making opioid painkillers -- which already kill 16,000 Americans/year -- an over the counter drug for recreational use.
Democracy fails when irrational prejudice trumps common sense and tolerance. Prohibition was a mass democratic movement that pulled together Christian teetotalers, American nativists, socialists and sufferagettes; it was a complete disaster on all fronts.