Re: LeComte (509 Views)
Posted by:
PapaChach (IP Logged)
Date: January 17, 2007 11:46AM
I believe it was de Tocqueville who said something along the lines of "in a democracy, the people get the government they deserve." When a significant chunk of a country's populace displays behaviors such as: wanton ignorance of history, the casual surrender of legal rights that in some cases date back to the Magna Carta, a willingness to swallow crude propaganda (e.g,, "9/11, Saddam was in on it!!" was a big hit for years), and a child-like belief that magic oil elves will sneak in at night to top off the tanks of their local gas stations for all of eternity, corrupt and incompetent government will usually follow.