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From: baba@spar.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS)
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Subject: Re: Explorations of "social-interest": Democracy-bashing:Re to JoSH
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Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 02:19:11 EDT
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> >                         I feel that the good of society as a whole
> > lies in the system of morals which defines the interactions through
> > which individuals can seek their *own* self-interests without ruining
> > the prospects of others from doing likewise....
> > 
> > ...It is clear that a democracy fails this test.  The individuals 
> > in a society will always act in their own self-interests; even 
> > if voting were a theoretically perfect collective decision-making
> > process (no such process is possible), the result would then 
> > merely reflect the self-interests of all the people voting
> > (in reality, it reflects the self-interests of the more powerful
> > groups).
> > 
> > --JoSH
> 
> The abhorrence to democracy of most Libertarians is made explicit here by
> JoSH.
>  
>                                tim sevener  whuxl!orb

No, Tim, it is only *JoSH's* abhorrence of democracy that is explicit here.
Implicit is the notion that contempt for democracy is not incompatible
with contempt for government in general - hardly surprising.  But it is 
wrong to tar "most" libertarians with JoSH's brush.  I hope.

					Baba