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Tolkien drops Grond on Democracy (media.kotakuinaction2.win)

posted 4 years ago by HisHolyMajesty2 4 years ago by HisHolyMajesty2 +74 / -0

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– Happily_Grim 25 points 4 years ago +25 / -0

A democracy nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%.
— Thomas Jefferson

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
— Thomas Jefferson

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather, an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
— Samuel Adams

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
— Thomas Paine

If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.
— Thomas Jefferson

I have so many quotes saved that I really enjoy. I know living back then came with some serious difficulties, as well as the lack of many modern conveniences; however, it must have been a real pleasure to gather and discuss philosophy and such in free time.

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– NoGardE 8 points 4 years ago +8 / -0

One to add to this excellent collection:

And what would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?...

And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat?

This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast — man's laws, not God's — and if you cut them down — and you're just the man to do it — do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?

Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!

Sir Thomas More, A Man for All Seasons.

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– PostyMcGee 2 points 4 years ago +2 / -0

I like the Sam Addams quote, only, it also holds true to minorities pushing evil.

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– Happily_Grim 1 point 4 years ago +1 / -0

It can, yes. However, that's very unlikely if people are raised with a strong moral and ethical foundation. That's how I see it at least.
Sadly, that seems to be sorely lacking these days. A huge amount of children are being raised by the soft light of a glowing screen that their parents put in their hands to keep them out of their hair. Children are being raised on a nonstop diet of vacuous consumerism. It's seriously disappointing.
I feel like its poison to let corporations and entertainment culture raise children and inculcate into their minds whatever their beliefs are.
At the very least, parents need to take a much more active role in ensuring their children have a very strong moral and ethical foundation that's built on good values. They also need to make sure they don't end up like solipsistic activist nutsjobs who try to force crap onto others because they never learned empathy.

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