Remind me why democracy is so great again...?

[sigma7]

No, I'm not being facetious. What's the upside of getting the government that the people want if the people want to wage war with their neighbors?

In a stunning development ahead of official election results, Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei said Thursday he and others in the Palestinian Authority government will resign in the wake of Hamas' apparent

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[norabombay]

The worst part? Best part?

Hamas can't possibly do a worse job than the prior leadership.

Given that pretty much all concerned want to blow up their neighboring states, I'm not going to get too worked up about it.

[alexlucard]

This is as bad as it gets man.

[roseneko]

Y'know what really pissed me off about the whole Palestinian election? Hearing Bush on the radio going on about how this is a "terrorist government" that doesn't human life and just wants to make war with its neighbors. Does this sound familiar at all? What really got me was how he was going on about how "we, as a government and as a nation, do not support this

[roseneko]

Erm, that should be "doesn't value human life. Sorry."

*goes back to ducking head*

[sigma7]

I know exactly what you mean -- I keep revisiting the man who would one day spout out against "judicial activism" (say, in the anti-discrimination laws being struck down) and literally the next day be celebrating the anniversary of Brown v. Board....

I can't say democracy is the best system of government (even, as Churchill suggested, that it's the worst, "except for all the others"), but it does have the sole trait of giving the people the government they deserve. (I'd have been amused if countries would've reacted to the US post-2004 as we did to the Palestinians post-Hamas-election. But we have cruise missiles.)

People are stupid, and the more, the stupider.