White people...

[Nihilist_santa]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's a very stange view of history. Everything was great black when only wealthy white males could vote (slave owners often) -- but then everything got screwed up by special interest....did it ever occur to you that slave holding was a special interest?

Again how do you explain unions getting the 8 hour work week if democracy only ever serves the interest of the powerful?

I g2g but let me just say...when you disagree with me. Your disagreeing with mainstream academic thought. Don't fool yourself into thinking I'm just making my own shit up.

Exactly that. Its called a Timocracy and the people who have a say should be those with a vested interest (your land owners). Otherwise you have special interest voting for a slice of the pie but contributing nothing. This isnt new its the rise and fall of civilizations. Plato posited 5 regimes and the last phase before a Tyranny is democracy.

By the time of the civil war the industrial revolution had began. Slavery was an unsustainable strategy and was on its way out. I like how the left only shows how the left has done anything for workers. Lets not mention people like Henry Ford who essentially created the weekend and was the first person to realize you get better workers with better pay. It was all the unions! You should really get into some Thomas Sowell a thing or two about the effects of these leftist interventions on the market. For one he claims backs are adversely affected by minimum wage and affirmative action. He uses data to back up his claims. I have yet to see him debate with someone and lose.