> > It is true that I do not like voting in any case since 95% of the
> > voters can vote to rip-off the other 5%.  There are better forms of
> > government than the democracy that exists in the USA.
>
> Such as? And why?
>
> R

Because democracy is mob rule.  In order for minorities not to have
a miserable existence under a democracy (not specifically race or
sexual orientation, just anyone who is in a group for any reason not
related to the majority), the majority needs to have compassion for
the opinion of the minority and NOT vote to hose them.

Example: sports.  I hate sports.  I'm bored by them and find them
to be an anachronism dating back to physical competition for
mating rights.  I would never, ever vote to fund sports with my money-
not by attending events, not by paying for the TV channels that carry
them, and not by voting to pass a tax increase to pay for a new
stadium.

However, I am in a minority.  Because of that, my whole life, I have
been forced by the sport-loving majority to pay for something I don't
care about and never use.

This is just an example and probably not a very good one.  And no, I
don't want to hear about the money sports bring into schools or the
poor students who go to college on sporting scholarships or the
benefit to the community of a new stadium.  To me, those things are
just ways for the majority to justify hosing the minority.

Mike H.
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