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Old 05-14-2011, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by BBQMan View Post
Dale, the idea that you have expressed, the people do not know what is good for them and therefore the more knowledgeable among us must make the decisions for them has been popular for many hundreds of years. The first clear expression of this idea that I know of is laid out in Plato’s Republic. A brief summary of his ideas is that were to be three classes of people for his ideal government – the rulers who would dictate the rules and laws, the producers who would follow these laws and the accessories (we would describe them as the police and military) who would assure that the producers conformed to the directives of the rulers.
You make too much of what I said. I was merely trying to point out that most people were basing their opposition to the health care bill on the rhetoric and fear-mongering emanating from Fox Noise and the right wing, not on the actual substance of the law.