Two cheers for democracy
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A collection of poetical essays revealing the social conscience of the modern English novelist.
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> That's what (I think) Winston Churchill said about democracy (might be true there). As E.M. Forster put it (from memory, so I'm sure less well-worded than the original): "So, two cheers for democracy—there's no occasion for three, two is quite enough." > But here, I think you can just "we have the worst system". Period. Yeah, our system's about as bad as it could possibly be and have held together…
on “Why U.S. Infrastructure Costs So Much” ↗> The best defense of democracy is Churchill's: democracy is the worst form of Government except for all the rest. So Two Cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. Two cheers are quite enough: there is no occasion to give three. Only Love the Beloved Republic deserves that. - E.M. Forster, "What…
on “The Hottest New Thing in Seasteading Is Land” ↗