MysterionMuffles Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 http://theantimedia.org/p-diddy-abandons-vote-or-die-movement-says-voting-is-a-scam/ Score 1 for the anarchists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnadogsoth Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 The failure of democracy is always a failure of the people. If people could be trusted to operate an anarchy, they could be trusted to democratically vote in the Philosopher King. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RCali Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 The failure of democracy is always a failure of the people. If people could be trusted to operate an anarchy, they could be trusted to democratically vote in the Philosopher King. Yeah, man. You know what, we should totally get together and plot. You know, enslave some and rule over others with total control. Who even cares about that "morality" thing. They're just words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Mister Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 The failure of democracy is always a failure of the people. If people could be trusted to operate an anarchy, they could be trusted to democratically vote in the Philosopher King. Lol, such trolling. Do really expect to be able to get away with those kinds of assertions here? We could just as easily say, if people were wise enough to choose the perfect ruler, they wouldn't need to be ruled. There's no such thing as a philosopher king. A philosopher makes arguments, appeals to reason and virtue. A king imposes his will by force. Statist arguments like this are just a way to blame the failure of an authoritarian system on the victims, rather than reflect on any possible failures of the system itself. They'll say democracy is a good idea, but "human nature", is bad, rather than to realize democracy is a bad idea because it is incompatible with human nature. It's just like saying we have to hit and yell at and drug kids because they're "bad", rather than realize that it is people's anxiety as a reaction to a natural human being with needs and feelings and curiosity that causes the abuse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysterionMuffles Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 so basically Philosopher King is a self detonating term. Unless you're a donor of that level? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsayers Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Score 1 for the anarchists! I don't see it that way. Saying "this system is a scam" is different from saying "political voting is the initiation of the use of force and therefore immoral." The article itself was good though. Other than the first half that concerned itself with what random joe X had to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccuTron Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Yeah, man. You know what, we should totally get together and plot. You know, enslave some and rule over others with total control. Who even cares about that "morality" thing. They're just words. I think Donnadogsoth is both being sarcastic, and accurate. If people could actually work a democracy honestly, then they'd have the wits to just vote a Phil.King. Since the first one obviously is a no-go, the second one is too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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