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November 2007 
Democracy Schmemocracy Part 2
Posted on Oct 30th, 2007
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scotty
scotty
I recently heard a definition of democracy by the President of Pakistan that went something to the effect of, "democracy is the method of governance that dictates what the majority of people want is what happens."
If we accept this definition (and we may not want to), then could we not also say that the outcomes of democracy will represent the desires of more common center of gravity that will hit a leading edge of consciousness, in all likelihood, only ever by accident?
If we are willing to concede this point (and we may not want to), then can we conclude that rather than the saviour of all things, democracy may only ever engender wide spread mediocrity at best, and stagnation at worst?
And if we're willing to come this far (and we may not be), then we are left with that gut nawing question: if democracy is not the politics of the future, what is?
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