The late Kenneth Minogue warned us:

Source: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-base-gets-itself-a-new-elite/
Published: May 29, 2019
Author: Kenneth Minogue
Post Date: 2019-05-29 13:08:40 by Horse
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My concern with democracy is highly specific. It begins in observing the remarkable fact that, while democracy means a government accountable to the electorate, our rulers now make us accountable to them. Most Western governments hate me smoking, or eating the wrong kind of food, or hunting foxes, or drinking too much, and these are merely the surface disapprovals, the ones that provoke legislation or public campaigns. We also borrow too much money for our personal pleasures, and many of us are very bad parents. Ministers of state have been known to instruct us in elementary matters, such as the importance of reading stories to our children. Again, many of us have unsound views about people of other races, cultures, or religions, and the distribution of our friends does not always correspond, as governments think that it ought, to the cultural diversity of our society. We must face up to the grim fact that the rulers we elect are losing patience with us.

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#1: Lod    To: Horse (#0)

...democracy means a government accountable to the electorate, our rulers now make us accountable to them.

Amen.

Lod posted on 2019-05-29 13:40:04   Reply   Private Reply

#2: GreyLmist    To: Horse (#0)

Ministers of state have been known to instruct us in elementary matters, such as the importance of reading stories to our children. ... We must face up to the grim fact that the rulers we elect are losing patience with us.


The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig - Wikipedia

The story features [three] wolves who build four houses using different types of materials: bricks, concrete, steel, and flowers. A big bad pig tries to destroy the houses made of bricks, concrete, and steel by huffing and puffing, but fails, so he finds a way to destroy those houses by using a sledgehammer for the bricks, a pneumatic drill for the concrete, and dynamite for the steel. However, when the pig tries to blow down the flower house, he smells the fragrant flowers, and the pig realizes what he has done. The pig then becomes a good pig, and he and the wolves live happily ever after as friends.

GreyLmist posted on 2019-05-29 16:44:01   Reply   Private Reply