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  1. Xref: sparky alt.fan.rush-limbaugh:13436 talk.politics.misc:69145 uiuc.politics:596 alt.politics.elections:25064
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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!cs.uiuc.edu!evergreen.cs.uiuc.edu!chai
  4. From: spectre@uiuc.edu (Ian)
  5. Subject: Re: What's in a democracy?
  6. Message-ID: <chai.727678891@evergreen.cs.uiuc.edu>
  7. Originator: chai@evergreen.cs.uiuc.edu
  8. Sender: news@cs.uiuc.edu
  9. Reply-To: spectre@uiuc.edu
  10. Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
  11. References: <mjones.727558635@fenway> <C16n6n.BE2@unix.portal.com> <C17owo.EH6@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <C18BE9.4G1@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  12. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 05:01:31 GMT
  13. Lines: 21
  14.  
  15. tspila@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tim Spila {Romulan}) writes:
  16. >I guess the point I am trying to make is:  Do we have a government that
  17. >rules by what the population says it wants?  OR Do we have a government
  18. >that rules by what "it" thinks is good for the population?  Also, which
  19. >is truely better?
  20.  
  21. That is precisely the point I was making in my original uiuc.politics
  22. post about democracy!
  23.  
  24. A benevolent dictatorship (read "Good king") who is competent is the
  25. best form of government, but the problem with that is how to *get* a
  26. benevolent, competent dictator, and how to *keep* one (since people
  27. die...)
  28.  
  29. (Hey, that's it! What we need is a benevolent, competent, *immortal*
  30. dictator...)
  31. -- 
  32. ---                                      Xtrek is lovely, dark and deep.
  33. God is gracious = Yahya = Yochanan =        But I have promises to keep,
  34. Johannes = John = Jean = Jan = Ian     And megs to write before I sleep,
  35. Internet: chai@cs.uiuc.edu             And megs to write before I sleep.
  36.