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Binkie The Clown

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16. Unfettered greed is a fact of human nature.

Reply to mvd (Reply #13)

Sun Sep 3, 2017, 07:10 PM

Sep 2017

It's one of the reasons why no form of government can work with a population over a certain size.

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Is ANY form of govenrment workable? [View all] Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 OP

Democracy works fine rufus dog Sep 2017 #1

What you're saying is "Democracy WOULD work fine IF this one thing is isn't true WERE true." Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #10

You left out democratic socialism brush Sep 2017 #21

I think it's more that there will always be malcontents trying to undermine a system mvd Sep 2017 #23

Exactly! There will always be right-wing radical nutjobs, and they can prevent it from working. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #28

Not quite. Governments work to keep those fools in check or we'd all have killed each other brush Sep 2017 #33

It has worked for years! rufus dog Sep 2017 #25

SS and Medicare are huge and they seem to work pretty well n/t leftstreet Sep 2017 #2

SS and Medicare are not "forms of government". Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #11

Oh, I know leftstreet Sep 2017 #18

I have to fall back on Churchill: sagesnow Sep 2017 #3

As long as Nazis are marching the street, and Trump sits in the White House, Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #12

You are right, at this point, sagesnow Sep 2017 #22

No, I agree with OP cilla4progress Sep 2017 #4

I tend to agree ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #5

Yes. Snackshack Sep 2017 #6

Socialism and communism are economic systems, not forms of government. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #7

democracy appears to work ok as long as it its not hijack beachbum bob Sep 2017 #8

In other words, Democracy would work if this one thing that is true were NOT true. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #14

Democracy doesn't work? LOL.... ileus Sep 2017 #9

Are you saying there was no homelessness under Democratic administrations? Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #15

It's more that rigid systems don't work well mvd Sep 2017 #13

Unfettered greed is a fact of human nature. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #16

I don't really agree. Some countries function fine mvd Sep 2017 #17

It is? kcr Sep 2017 #39

Your last sentence is on the mark. The_jackalope Sep 2017 #19

Now that you mention it, I do vaguely recall hearing about Dunbar's Number. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Jake Stern Sep 2017 #20

Define "workable". The fact that we need a government at all means we can't have a perfect one... TreasonousBastard Sep 2017 #24

Democracy works until corrupted by money. applegrove Sep 2017 #26

Which is to say Democracy can't work as long as it is possible for it to be corrupted by money. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #30

Nope. Democracies have ruled the world and beat communism. They applegrove Sep 2017 #32

Monarchy illustrates another point Pope George Ringo II Sep 2017 #27

Clearly monarchy is yet another system of government that doesn't work. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #31

All true. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2017 #34

Probably not. KT2000 Sep 2017 #35

Don't confuse our culture with humanity at large. greyl Sep 2017 #36

Human intelligence clu Sep 2017 #37

The Byzantine Empire Yupster Sep 2017 #38