tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post6718184939907549117..comments2024-01-09T15:03:54.986-05:00Comments on Wolf Howling: Can Democracy Survive - & Do We Want It To In Its Current Form?GWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-80861957553994649292012-09-28T09:10:20.939-04:002012-09-28T09:10:20.939-04:00With regard to Churchill’s post war defeat, you ha...With regard to Churchill’s post war defeat, you have to <br />remember Britain in the 30’s and 40’s was still a very class <br />ridden society. I think by the beginning of the war most people<br /> had worked out with the gradual American ascendancy of the <br />first part of the 20th century) that, err... “The future did not <br />belong” to such societies. The “deal” with WW2 seems basically <br />to have been “OK, we’ll fight this one under the old rules <br />(since trying to reorganise your society in the middle of a war <br />is a recipe for disaster) but once it’s over we’ll try to work out <br />something more modern”. Churchill, for all his good points, <br />was an old ‘Empire hand’ at heart and a genuine Conservative <br />and that just wasn’t what the people wanted in 1945. <br />Hope and Change I guess.billm99uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-11423822333637600142012-09-26T11:15:47.470-04:002012-09-26T11:15:47.470-04:00Heh. Actually, I should have put the decision of ...Heh. Actually, I should have put the decision of the UK voters to elect Clement Attlee over Churchill in 1945 among the list of failures of universal suffrage at the top of my list.<br /><br />Just to clarify, my problem is not with democracy, but with the concept of universal suffrage. I am pretty firmly of the conclusion that has failed. And Churchill would, I think, agree. As he once said:<br /><br />"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter"<br /><br />I would say that there is no need to stretch the conversation out to 5 mins. Thirty seconds is enough:<br /><br />http://www.amren.com/news/2012/09/howard-stern-interviews-obama-supporters-2012/GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-83054668315330468622012-09-26T09:02:13.593-04:002012-09-26T09:02:13.593-04:00Well if you want the inevitable Churchill quote:
...Well if you want the inevitable Churchill quote:<br /><br /><i>"Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time"</i>billm99uknoreply@blogger.com