tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post2679793031126399413..comments2024-03-28T17:58:56.707+11:00Comments on The Social Pathologist: Athens BurningThe Social Pathologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12927698533626086780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post-9312364938934106702011-06-27T23:00:59.118+10:002011-06-27T23:00:59.118+10:00Many of those protections were chipped away starti...<i>Many of those protections were chipped away starting about 100 or so years ago, </i><br /><br />I still think universal suffrage was the most toxic change.The Social Pathologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927698533626086780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post-18872113832651911842011-06-26T13:41:28.397+10:002011-06-26T13:41:28.397+10:00The American founders, scattered though they were ...The American founders, scattered though they were from Deism to various forms of Protestantism to Catholicism all would have scoffed, some violently, at the notion of human perfectability. All of them knew all too well of the evil that men can do. And so the American Republic was constructed ingeniously to pit interest against interest, government branch against branch, diffusing power as widely as possible while remaining workable. <br /><br />Many of those protections were chipped away starting about 100 or so years ago, and yet there is still some semblance of the old Republic. One of the weaknesses of pure, unicameral, proportional legislatures or parliaments can be seen at work in Greece. <br /><br />And yes, the people, bless their dirty, sinful hearts, are just as prone to do evil as any banker, any general, any rabble rouser. Which is why they must have some authority, but not too much.Anonymous Protestantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post-72179735832437079242011-06-25T07:20:32.718+10:002011-06-25T07:20:32.718+10:00Link Fixed.Link Fixed.The Social Pathologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927698533626086780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post-46580553047847732892011-06-25T02:48:00.307+10:002011-06-25T02:48:00.307+10:00The "rest of the article" link goes righ...The "rest of the article" link goes right back to your own website.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com