> I wonder if those people voted the Nazi program because they 
> embraced Hitler's Mien Kampf or if  it seemed like the lesser 
> of two evils.  Did they do so because they were hoping to 
> find some solution to the oppressive forces obtaining from 
> what they called the Versailles Diktat and the ever 
> encroaching Soviet expansion with designs on German 
> ingenuity, resources and productivity?  I wonder if we can 
> continue to look myopically at German history and learn from 
> it.  Hegel said "The only thing we learn from history is that 
> we learn nothing from history." (Paraphrased.)  Perhaps he 
> was right. Perhaps it is because history is more than a 
> summary of human events.

Certainly everyone does what they feel is right for them at the time. I
don't think any German citizen of the time knew what the result of that vote
would be and I don't blame them for what happened in the least. My point is
only that democracy is NOT perfect and may not even be the best possible
system of government. I happen to believe it is the only REAL system of
government; the people are always in charge, they just often times allow
someone else to make up their minds for them. 

"Democracy is the only form of government; all the others are simply
democracies where the ruling body has abdicated."

My point about anarchy is that I do not believe that the majority is
actually qualified to decide what should be done. The best thing is for each
person to be as independent as possible and be left the hell and gone alone
by the rest of the world.

...as much as possible. Obviously there are many cases where the majority
can not just allow one person to do as they please, but it would be my wish
that these cases be the exception rather than the rule.

The decisions, that are made and supported by the majority, to interfere in
the lives of others should always be questioned long and hard. And then we
should decide not to bother them unless they are actually, actively,
bothering us or our allies. 

For example: When Kuwait started slant drilling over the boarder into Iraqi
oil fields back in 1990, we should have used our military to support our
ally (Iraq) and stop that theft. But Kuwait was also an ally, so perhaps we
did the right thing in staying out of it. When Iraq invaded Kuwait, we were
right in using our military to stop them, and we were right to stop at the
boarder. They had accomplished their goal of destroying the oil rigs that
were stealing their oil, but they went to far and needed to be removed back
to their country. Minimum interference while protecting our allies.

I won't get into the current war because it just plain hurts me too much to
talk about it. This Christmas, more US soldiers will have died in Iraq than
US citizens died in 9/11, and I still have nightmares.

---
James.
 

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