Thursday, June 18, 2009
Idle thought prompted by events here and in Iran:
The true value of democracy lies not in this election, but in the next. It's not just the ability to choose your rulers and set the country's direction. More important is the ability to remove your leaders and go in a new direction.
After Napoleon III got elected in France - for real, according to my best sources - it took the defeat of the country by the Prussians and the collapse of the government to get rid of him. The ability to choose a leader is not enough; the people need the means to remove him as well. That's why Iran is in such a mess - only violence can bring change. Here, inshallah, in four years Obama will be done "digging us out of the hole" and we'll be able to move forward.
posted by gbarto at 10:48 PM
 
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