Again and again, in articles and discussion programmes, I hear the phrase ‘democratically-elected’ used as if it is a synonym for ‘automatically good’. Thus, whatever one might say about the Queen, a President would be ‘democratically-elected’. And so he would in some way be more legitimate than any other head of state.
Why do people believe this? What reason do they have to believe it? Has it proved to be reliable in human history?
Contrary to the beliefs of most, neither of the two great free civilisations in the world have any principled attachment to being mass (let alone universal) suffrage democracies. The original U.S. Constitution says very little indeed about voting, which was left to the individual states. The founding fathers of the USA would have been appalled by the idea of it. That is one reason why they built their capital (whose long prospects and wide avenues were I think designed to make it easy to put down revolution with grapeshot) in the remote swamps on the Potomac to avoid the dangers (which they much feared ) of mob rule.
I watch a lot of IR porn and sometimes jerk thinking about my bird getting blacked.
I really need to purge these thoughts out of my head.
Being serious. Porn has ruined me.
Adrian Diaz
>tfw we don't speak Old English with the elite speaking Latin anymore
End it
Jacob Jones
I want to sleep but I can't because
THE SPIDER IS STILL BEHIND MY BED
Nicholas Williams
This. Democracy =/= liberty, and sometimes the two are at odds (see: """"democratic""" socialism)
People who want to replace the HoL with a senate need 50cc's of de Tocqueville stat.
Angel Diaz
This killed the Blairites with one simple trick.
Asher Morgan
So am I right in thinking she's going to make it far harder to a) collect my disability bennies for my heart condition and then b) make it harder for me to get the surgery I need to rectify it, and get me off the bennies?
Jordan Rogers
In terms of current memery, I blame neocon fetishisation of democracy and capitalism that they tried to export to the Arab world.
Brayden Roberts
Surprised they went for such a low figure 2bh
Launching all the nukes could potentially kill tens of millions
Ryder Campbell
fancy a CK2 game as Wessex
Samuel Smith
HWICCE TILL I DIE
Noah Phillips
>eeee a spider Kill it you fucking homo
Adam Sanchez
Did you cunts seriously go to state schools?
Ethan Long
>So am I right in thinking she's going to make it far harder to a) collect my disability bennies for my heart condition and then b) make it harder for me to get the surgery I need to rectify it, and get me off the bennies?
Alexander Gray
>He didnt burn his bed down like I told him to
Christopher Murphy
I went to a pleb-tier school (and resent my parents for it)
Jayden Lee
IR is good but cucking doesn't come it to for me, I just like black women.
Also I'm a kissless virgin so that probably explains it
Robert Reyes
I would squash it with my bear fucking fist if only I could find it
Andrew Jenkins
Sorry, mate, you're going to die.
Connor Brown
Yes, toff
Jeremiah Hall
I went to a grammar school for secondary and prep school for primary.
Now stop being a snob.
Colton Fisher
It's also what we've seen in Turkey recently
A secular military tried to intervene and ensure secularity, liberty and their Constitution but they were met by mobs and cries of how "it's against democracy!" As though democracy is inherently good and anything more than a means to an end
Brayden Gomez
don't worry m8 you'll only wake up with it crawling up your nose.
Aiden Jackson
Why wouldn't you want to have a nuclear deterrent?
Jayden Rogers
This is nightmare material for me
I'm not even scared of bugs, I can crush them easily. But when I am asleep I am helpless, they can crawl in my ears and shit.
Christian Price
>the attacker MAY have shouted 'god is great' in arabic.
bravo bbc
Liam Ramirez
Well it's been fun lads.
Gonna run a pool to see what kills me first, starvation or a heart attack
Justin Wright
>worrying about a little spider go to bed and accept your fate
Mason Robinson
I really didn't have much of a choice.
Gavin Perry
I do want to have a nuclear deterrent I'm saying if you're trying to make a point why go for such conservative estimate
Jack Williams
Oooh, going to have to disagree with you there. I agree that Turkey, although democratic, has failed as a government as it hasn't protected individual rights. So I would like to see Erdogan removed either by parliamentary means or a popular revolt. But doing it with the military undermines civilian control of the army, which is just another road to tyranny
Camden Kelly
plebeus maximus desut
Parker Diaz
Kill it before you go to bed. Once I was in the same situation and the fucker actually crawled over my head. I had to crush him against my temple in the dark, it was disorienting.
Owen Anderson
In a country with widespread voter fraud and a president which was originally intended to be ceremonial thay has sucked up so mucu power nothing comes about through parliamentary change
The Turkish military have intervened at least 5 times since ataturk and achieved their intended purpose each time
Gabriel Hernandez
There's literally nothing wrong with having different opportunities, it's what you personally make of them. If you really do resent your parents for your school then that's pretty sad and you've missed the point somewhat
I didn't think it was good but I didn't hate it or anything. I just saw it as hippie CND type shit because le murdered girl means innocence literary maymay. It was also a pretty comfy time because it was back when we used to read out and act sections as we went through and also the English teacher was a 30something stunner.
Rarely we'd get a glimpse of a thong or something, and she eventually got preggers and her boobs got even bigger. Those were the days.
Asher Garcia
>He doesn't have a selfie with his favorite politician
Asher Stewart
>tfw was scared of a huge spider the other day >tfw had to smash my shoe on the floor at 4am to squash him
Brandon Parker
>tfw sexy as fuck but 20 and receding like an old man
What do lads? would post pics but shy
John Lopez
Ensuring equal opportunity isn't a bad thing, it's a great aim
Ensuring equal outcome is what needs to be avoided
Hunter Brown
You have to go back
Parker Martinez
>ywn bang Marine while Edith Piaf plays in the background
House of Lords reform is one of the biggest cons going. It's touted as being a great move for democracy, but it inevitable only weakens one of few checks against the government.
The only way to reform the HoL to suit democracy (though I believe the preservation of liberty should be the ultimate goal and, as you say, the two only occasionally meet) would involve scrapping every single one of this nation's political institutions and starting over. And really, does anyone trust a single politician to do this in a way that doesn't further increase the centralisation of power?
Gabriel Barnes
Fuck borders and shit
Uncontrolled immigration when
David Bailey
...
Matthew Butler
Kek
Carter Diaz
why do bongs allow that Scottish midget to have a voice in government?
Brandon Jones
objectively sad as fuck, but Syria needs to be fixed. We can't just take in everyone from the MENA
Adrian Torres
The guy who wrote it was a famous socialist and was blacklisted by the Labour government for being a potential Communist spy.
John Priestley was his name.
Caleb Brown
>meanwhile angela merkel is welcoming in a million of fit adult men who should be fighting for this childs right to survive
Leo Reyes
wtf i hate nationalism now
Brody Butler
My mum didnt want me taking the 11+ because the nearest grammar was too far away. To be fair the state school I went to wasn't all that bad.
Adrian Hill
has no real solutions to anything. Has some kind of intrinsic assumption his own personal musings and experiences as being orders of significance higher than anything else occurring.
due a rough ride basically
Jeremiah Martinez
THATS IT I'M A CRUZ MISSLE NOW
Noah Ortiz
Don't worry lads I've seen part 2, she pockets a tidy sum of shekels for her convincing work in this video
Grayson Perry
We should colonise the Middle East so that we can help children like this without endangering our own children.
Gavin Garcia
DUDE UKIP LMAO
Blake Jackson
The best school in my area us Kings
>Colour their lives forever
What did they mean by this?
Hunter Nguyen
Is*
William James
...what the ever fuck
Kevin Butler
This shit is being pushed everywhere
every TV show and advert there's a mixed couple
Seeing it more and more IRL too
Eli Moore
They aren't even trying to hide it anymore
Bentley Mitchell
POOED
Nicholas Ward
The girls laughing at him rather nervously and awkwardly.
Indian lad is just staring at them like 'kill me'.
Lucas Cox
...
Kayden Gonzalez
When will you execute Jeremy Corbin for high treason?
Sebastian Stewart
When will you do the same for Erdogan?
Joseph Perez
Dunno. How about yourself?
Landon Rogers
I was just posting in a fun thread on Sup Forums and the janny removed it.
Granted, it wasn't politics, but it still made me sad.
Elijah Cox
HAHAHAA.. ha.. ha.... yikes
Connor Stewart
...
Zachary Sanchez
>tfw made a thread a while back asking how Sup Forumsacks were getting on >tfw it got deleted after lots of people shared their feels and poured their hearts out >tfw this is only place i feel welcome and happy "socialising"