tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post9209777744247366460..comments2024-03-22T18:43:00.710-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: The End of PoliticsBonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-65782801210818107202008-09-05T22:00:00.000-04:002008-09-05T22:00:00.000-04:00Speaking as one who has worked at state legislatur...Speaking as one who has worked at state legislatures in various capacities, I have to strongly concur with what you are saying. In my youth, there was a pervasive concept (usually observed in the breach, but given homage to) of responsibility as a balance to rights, and a concept that it was the public good rather than some less compelling good that all involved (Republican or Democrat or independent or whatever) were striving for. Now, however, I have to agree that we are in a situation compared to the late Republic/early Empire in Roman times...except that public moral depravity seems to be similar to a later period in Roman history...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317820014937752897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-46922713234973862232008-09-04T00:53:00.000-04:002008-09-04T00:53:00.000-04:00Great post!In my opinion, Democracy is one of thos...Great post!<BR/><BR/>In my opinion, Democracy is one of those things which should be safe, legal and rare. It works in certain situations, almost always limited, and only in proportion to the ability of the people to govern themselves. Jefferson was one of the few of the American fathers to realize this, and this is why he predicated his view of the ultimate American as a Yeomen farmer, someone who owns property and farms his little self sustaining plot. Why? Because such people are far better able to govern themselves. <BR/><BR/>A populace crowded into suburbs and cities is unable to govern itself, eternally dependent upon the government, business, etc. for its subsistence. This is why the nanny state becomes so popular. <BR/><BR/>Probably your most salient point is that while most people now know that a woman they have never met from Alaska has a 17 year old daughter that is pregnant, they do not know the name of the most powerful person within 15 miles of them. Fundamentally we are no longer a people capable of governing ourselves, which is what democracy depends on. It worked in Athens while people did this, it worked in Rome for a time, and it worked here until maybe 1860. When things get too big we look to others to solve our problems.Athanasiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857043218277004727noreply@blogger.com