Re: [opennic-discuss] OPINION -> Democracy = Organized Religion ???

That is indeed a deep dive into the nature of things in general. I love it and need some time to think it through before I dare to comment.

Thank you for your input though, never saw this coming.

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Sebastian Makowiecki

On 10 August 2018 13:29:50 GMT+01:00, kevin <[email protected]> wrote:
>This is obviously off topic for this list, but the more I watch the
>discussions on voting, democracy, etc, the more, from a sociological
>perspective, it almost seems obvious how and why organized religion
>originated.
>
>In both cases, people will go to the "church" (legislature, whatever)
>and talk all about this and that rule, and code of conduct, and all the
>other formalities, when at the end of the day, once people leave the
>"church", they go back to business as usual and the rules be (possibly
>or perhaps even likely) damned.
>
>People are going to be people and while some will follow the rules, not
>all will.  And often, the rules are implemented to serve only a select
>few.  Even though everyone is told they have a voice, their voices are
>chided, shot down, or even worse, they may be shunned from the
>community (again, or worse).
>
>I'm not certain that everyone's definition of "democracy" is in
>alignment and until that is defined and accepted by all, there will be
>situations where valid outliers will be discounted in sometimes severe
>ways.
>
>If anything, the dialogue around everything that is being currently
>discussed actively, is probably the core example of what most people
>believe democracy is all about.  It's likely not about whether the
>rules, guidelines, codes, or what ever are adopted, and perhaps those
>things are irrelevant anyhow, as they only capture a moment in time and
>themselves can become obsolete over time.  It is about the
>conversation.
>
>Anyhow, that's just my opinion and me thinking out loud.
>
>Carry on...  lol
>
>Kevin



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