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Originally Posted by ThrillBilly
my pea brain works like this: a democracy is a nation administered by a group of elected officials that sets the rules (hopefully) according to the wishes of the majority.
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As long as you have majority rule the majority will write themselves a blank check, and push the burden on the minority that have the greater wealth. It's imposable to amend the Constitution to qualify voters because the majority would never support it. By being able to vote we can effect revolution, but a revolution that would recognize the power of elites would never fly. Therefore you be stuck until some unforeseen catastrophe forces a common resolve to turn over control to a minority and we'll start all over again.
I think the combination of state control, central partnership and smaller entrepreneurship that China is moving towards is where we'll ultimately be headed. In the end we'll merge into one.