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    Default Re: The Right of Democracy

    Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuff
    Rousseau is never appropriate to quote unless you are trying to prove that he was insane
    Quote Originally Posted by CountArach View Post
    Rousseau is always appropriate to quote.
    I don't think that he was insane. I do think that he failed to oversee the consequenses of his own imaginary constructs, as they lent inspiration to some of the worst forms of tyranny in Europe.

    Rousseau didn't seek to curtail absolute power, merely to change the one who yielded it. The "common will" dictates everything.
    To be fair, he did think very lowly of elections and thought that the only true democracy was what we'd call direct democracy. He remarked that the English people were free at the moment of casting their ballot, but reverted back to slavery after the vote was over.

    Politicians who use Roussau's philosophy convieniently ingnore the latter and proceed to excercise broad-sweeping power in the name of the common will. Something to keep in mind.
    Last edited by Kralizec; 08-05-2008 at 16:47.

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