Piece Of My Mind

Politics

Do you agree with Plato that an "aristocracy" is the best form of government? Why or why not?
> Absolutely, a moral aristocracy aligned with the interest of the governed would be superior to our current democracy.
> As it currently stands, everyone is permitted to vote, and have their say in how a country ought to be governed. This is a mistake for numerous reasons, including the unequal distribution of intelligence in nature, the ease with which the public may be manipulated, political deadlock preventing effective change from taking place, and the general tendency of voters to vote for politicians who will give them bread and circuses.
> Nature is inherently hierarchical. God, or nature, has seen fit to love some and hate others, blessing some with charm, intelligence, beauty and cunning, while others she has made slow, ugly, uncouth and gullible. In the struggle for life, the weak fear the strong, and to the victors go the spoils. The luxury of thinking humans to be exempt from such laws is foolish, foolish, foolish, and as it stands, we currently face existential and political threats from those who are willing to resort to the rule of violence in order to secure their ends (such as ISIS).
> In a democratic society the minority of intelligent, informed voters will drastically be overwhelmed by the majority of stupid, uninformed voters who do not understand international geopolitics, or the inner machinations of the financial markets, yet nonetheless will be asked for their opinion on how they should operate.
> On that note, the ease with which an uninformed electorate may be swayed should send a shiver of fear through your heart- that there exist persons who will imbibe state and corporate propaganda with a smile, happily vomiting another person's opinion into the ears of everyone who will listen. The trend is only accelerated by the technology of social media, such that any idiot may declare him or herself a genius, to rapturous applause.
> Another difficulty of democracy is that it prevents anything from being done (which some may well argue is the point), yet nonetheless, the existence of a parasitic bureaucratic class is facilitated by endless commissions, boards and studies, a self-congratulating orgy of political backroom bickering at the taxpayer's expense. And when clear sighted, decisive action must be taken, democracy is abolished, such as the freezing of British parliament during WW2. Democracy is a sham, a pleasant story we tell ourselves to keep the masses happy, and the colossal failure of democracy can only be attributed to nature's cruel justice, that the strong shall lead the weak, and the exposure of the oligarchy running the United States via the Bilderberg group, the Trilateral commission, and other think tanks only shows how much of a mockery of democracy the United States lives in.
> Another reason for the inferiority of democracy may be attributed to all animals' (including humans') tendency to be ruled by their appetite. "Feed me! Clothe me! Entertain me!" scream the masses; "Bread! Circuses! Facebook!" As it currently stands in the United States and Europe, the flood of individuals on welfare remains one of the greatest strains on our society, with young men from Syria travelling to Sweden, Norway, Germany, and Britain to attempt to claim citizenship and voting privileges so they may vote themselves more handouts. In the United States, the birthrates of the poor are artificially propped up on a mixture of section 8 housing, EBT cards and government services, an exploding political underclass which forms an immovable voting blocks whose only interest is to ensure their next welfare cheque continues coming. Voting ought to be restricted to those who pay more
taxes into the system than they receive in pay, welfare, or tax cuts, lest our leaders find themselves in a position where they need to curry the favour of disaffected citizens whose only concern is not to work.
> The central argument against an aristocracy has always been that of corruption and nepotism. While Plato argued for a class of orgy-having-philosopher-kings, I believe we would be far better served by castrated philosopher kings. In exchange for access to the seats of power, our rulers would be forced to sever their ties to their genetic lines so they may focu all their attentions on ruling according to reason. To curb the possibility of corruption in their own lifetime, they would be forced to surrender their property and rights to earthly pleasures.
> Whatever course we take; democracy is failing.