Re: Who want democracy ?...The USA is a fossilized society...it's stuck with a flawed democracy...unable to change .

On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:53:54 +0800, hslaw mij wrote
(in article <g109k8$354$2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):

> 
> "Jim Walsh" <jimNOwalsSPAMh3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:0001HW.C458FC8E001B9CF8F01846D8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Tue, 20 May 2008 20:36:47 +0800, baldeagle wrote
>> (in article
>> <339846d2-5a57-49f8-a83e-f1ebe8eae245@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>> 
>>> 
>>> The USA is no longer a government of the people, by the people for the
>>> people. The real power do not rest with the people...it is with the
special
>>> interests groups and the media.
>> 
>> The funny thing (or tragic thing) is that much of your criticism of 
>> democracy
>> is valid.
>> 
>> The rich and powerful have too much influence in democratic countries.
>> 
>> But the rich and powerful have even more influence in non-democratic
>> countries because the poor there lack the vote and other democratic
>> institutions, which provide some protection.
>> 
>> 
> 
> So there is no different whether the country is having a so call western

> "democratic"  or "eastern democratic" system.

Exactly wrong: in the PRC "the poor lack the vote and other democratic 
institutions, which provide some protection."


> It depends very much the chief executive's abilities to government the 
country ....

Actually the chief executive is not that im****tant. Most of the most 
im****tant decisions -- the ones that influence ones income, health care, 
schools, etc. -- are made by local officials. Electing the local officials

improves their quality.

-- 
Love, Jim
(I often delete parts of the previous post and I often remove excessive 
crossposts.)


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