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[QUOTE="ShadowSD:458390"]PatMeebles said:[QUOTE]ShadowSD said:[QUOTE]Of course I know there is centralized authority, however democracies have centralized authority but don't inevitably become oppressive dictatorships.[/QUOTE] But then isn't a centralized authority a step in the direction that you don't want to go in, even though it's really subtle (which is the point I've been trying to make all along)?[/QUOTE] No, because centralized authority applies to democracy as well; in fact, it applies to every form of goverment but anarchy, as you pointed out yourself. Since those forms of goverment already include centralized authority, they don't need to step in any direction to simply achieve that status. What makes us different is that we have laws and checks and balances built into our system that protect us. Without those laws, we could have any idealogy in the world and still have it seized by the power hungry, who might pay lip service to that ideaology but will never waste the bulk of their resources to make it a reality. Now, if someone is trying to change the laws to [b]increase[/b] centralized authority, that's when people should start paying attention. [/QUOTE]
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