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@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
I don't share your or Jefferson's cynical republican propensity at all. There's is a lot you obviously do not understand about the institutions and traditions of parliamentary governance.
I admit, I'm no expert on parliamentary governance. But I think the observation still holds about men and power.
Just look at what has happened in the U.S. post-Civil War.
Don't you think that it is kind of late to wish that your ancestors were less hot headed and waited until Dominion status was granted before embarking on the road to independence?
“Little by little I am learning the art of being quite content by doing very little slowly” ~ Lionel Hardcastle
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@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
I don't share your or Jefferson's cynical republican propensity at all. There's is a lot you obviously do not understand about the institutions and traditions of parliamentary governance.
I admit, I'm no expert on parliamentary governance. But I think the observation still holds about men and power.
Just look at what has happened in the U.S. post-Civil War.
Don't you think that it is kind of late to wish that your ancestors were less hot headed and waited until Dominion status was granted before embarking on the road to independence?
No.
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
Having said that, both are ephemeral.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
What evidence are you basing this claim on?
Proud supporter of Plan 2525.
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@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
What evidence are you basing this claim on?
Plato.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
What evidence are you basing this claim on?
Plato.
As revised by Machiavelli and Hobbes.
