Philosophy by Limerick – Representative Democracy
An election where nobody came ‘Cause the candidates were the same Would expose the collusion Destroy the illusion That YOU voting wrong was to blame. Old Jules Tagged: culture, democracy, elections,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – One Heartbeat Away
Venerated equally by rednecks and aristocrats Caligula, Julius or Nero Take your pick. He’s an unlikely hero. Far better E. Gantry Or phony philantry Or maybe just bring back old Spiro. Old Jules...
View ArticleHow’d we get here from there? Was it Chopstickson?
If you are like me you probably sometimes wonder how we got where we are today. All of us so petty, venal, unimaginative, lazy, shallow, wasteful, ethnocentric, egocentric, polarized, gullible,...
View ArticleA national referendum –“Giddyup 409, or a war somewhere?”
Hi readers. The cats and I were thinking about how, if we didn’t have representative democracy we could deal with priorities directly by national referendum what with 21st Century communications....
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