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After all, who can argue with the assertion that in democracies citizens with little invested in the system often make unwise and poorly-informed decisions when voting? Especially when so many live irresponsible lives.
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You seem to care for the welfare of the people more than you care about their freedom. Taken to it's extreme, this is what leads to totalitarianism. The point of a democracy isn't (or seeing how much political terms are being twisted around,
shouldn't be) about the biggest percentage of the people in it being prosperous, it's about all of the people in it being free to choose their own future. If that future can only be served through unwise, or poorly-informed decisions, then so be it. Pain is a great teacher. The only solution for your initial argument, is to provide for the people to be wise and well-informed, really. That happens by adopting a solid education system that focuses on actual cultural development instead of an education system that just perpetuates the status quo. What you are proposing is the aristocratic "if the head hurts, cut it off" solution, which is, umm... undemocratic, to say the least.
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When you speak of Individual Freedom, Helm, forgive me, but I cannot help but think you are referring it as defined by people such as Rousseau and Marx whom hated inequalities.
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Yes, I am. As defined in 'The Social Contract', mainly.