re: #554 Aceofwhat?

Oh, thanks. Again, i wasn’t trying to draw some seekrit parallel between the general left here in the US and evil commie fluoridation or some such. I wanted to demonstrate that some of us (that excludes you, Paulian) use the ‘get the government out of the way’ phrase in a sensible manner, not as code for ‘less gubmint is always better’. So first i wanted to make sure that the audience at least agreed that more government is not always better, and simply reached for communism as an example.

But yes - ideologically driven public systems, be they theocracies or fascism or communism or Paulianism or anarchism [heh]…no good.

Sorry for not responding sooner, I was tied up.

Maybe my point wasn’t well stated. I think the details matter MORE than the overall system. I think that communism could work, like it is in China. Or that a kingdom could work if you have a benevolent philosopher king. Etc. I also see instances where democracy hasn’t worked. I simply support democracy over the other systems because I feel that it will likely have the best outcome socially, given an intelligent populace.