As AC reminds us: "The principle of popular election is a fatal folly; its results are visible in every so-called democracy. The elected man is always the mediocrity; he is the safe man, the sound man, the man who displeases the majority less than any other; and therefore never the genius, the man of progress and illumination."
How can even the most well-meaning of those in a democratic society ever break out of that sort of pattern - of producing leaders more concerned about "safety" than anything else?
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branchandroot
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Date: 2004-05-25 12:30 pm (UTC)How can even the most well-meaning of those in a democratic society ever break out of that sort of pattern - of producing leaders more concerned about "safety" than anything else?