Re:Democracy != Freedom (Score 1)

Elections are not democracy, and they are certainly not freedom. Freedom is actually a pretty dumb concept. It's a bit like when advertisers claim that something is 'free'. Things appearing out of nowhere 'free' is not scientific. It violates the law of conservation of energy. Freedom is an imaginary ideal. you can get closer or further away, but you cannot achieve it as a singular goal. It is a quality that facilitates other goals. People seem to be under the assumption that Democracy is the same as Freedom. I think they might have been sold something imaginary by George Washington. Democracy was what the Ancient Greeks invented and we could probably come up with a better system that makes full use of the technology available. Instead of ticking in the box for either bush or gore, you could write an email about what you would like to see happen in government. The emails could then be statistically analysed by a large computer and people would have far more power than they currently do. But I don't think that Iraq would be crawling with American soldiers if we voted every week via email. Then again, I'm not sure that ruling by the Lowest common denominator is such a good idea.