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In a message dated 98-09-11 05:47:05 EDT, you write:
<< Actually, he stole that from DeToqueville <g>. One of the problems of
government is
to seek to appease those under it, either by force or "sharing" power. The
problem
here is that arbitrary power is the problem, and no less of one whether the
tyrant is
a single ruler, a group, or a majority. Principled government, at this stage
in
time, would be very difficult to implement, both in terms of the propensity
for
corruption (which democracy accommodates quite nicely as well) and in terms
of
appeasing the will of the people. The Bill of Rights is a good example -
while its
role os to temper such arbitrary power in several categories, many consider
this to
be an unfortunate intrusion on their right to d >>
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