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tradeunionsupporter
6th May 2011, 23:08
Could everyone and everybody hold a political office at the sametime what I mean is could every U.S. Citizen be a Senator at the samtime why or why not also culd every Citizen hold political office for a Job or is politics for the Elite even if every Citizen could hold political office at onetime will some be more equal than others in power like in the Book Animal Farm ?

hatzel
6th May 2011, 23:22
The Senate chamber would have to be rather large...

Dumb
6th May 2011, 23:33
...Huh?

Revolution starts with U
6th May 2011, 23:36
It depends on how you define "political office." Could every person be a congressman at the same time? Sure, but the country would grind to halt.
Could all decisions be made on a decentralized direct democratic method? Yes. Especially in this age of the internet and smart phones. :thumbup:

tradeunionsupporter
6th May 2011, 23:52
I mean can everyone have a voice in politics since we believe in Democracy and since Socialists believe in having a Worker's State.

Lanky Wanker
7th May 2011, 00:29
I take it your full stop/period key isn't working too well. :lol:

Revolution starts with U
7th May 2011, 01:23
Yes, trade. But not everyone could hold an actual political office at the same time.. .I mean, they could, but it would be unfeasible.
But, especially in this age of the internet and smart phones, there is no reason people can't have a say in governance (that's what I meant when I said "decentralized direct democracy."

Ocean Seal
7th May 2011, 02:22
Could everyone and everybody hold a political office at the sametime what I mean is could every U.S. Citizen be a Senator at the samtime why or why not also culd every Citizen hold political office for a Job or is politics for the Elite even if every Citizen could hold political office at onetime will some be more equal than others in power like in the Book Animal Farm ?
No, they couldn't but you can still make reforms to prevent power from aggregating in the hands of the few to the extent where the office is merely a reflection of the democratic desires of the people.

RGacky3
7th May 2011, 10:13
I would love to be inside your brain.

Blackoutx86
7th May 2011, 16:32
That would be an awful lot of people that Rabbi K's people would have to pay off to keep Israel afloat.

hatzel
7th May 2011, 16:38
That would be an awful lot of people that Rabbi K's people would have to pay off to keep Israel afloat.

...wtf?! :confused:

Revolution starts with U
7th May 2011, 16:38
This NVA

Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (English: New Flemish Alliance, abbreviated as N-VA) is a Flemish right-wing political party, founded in the autumn of 2001.[1] It is a conservative and liberal movement that promotes civic nationalism.[2] It is part of the Flemish Movement, and strives for the peaceful[3] and gradual secession of Flanders from Belgium.[4]
Or this NVA?

The National People’s Army (German: Nationale Volksarmee or NVA) was the military of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Since East Germany was at the frontline of the Cold War, the GDR's military was considered to be the most advanced in the whole Warsaw Pact, excluding the Soviet Union. It was battle ready at all times, ready to be mobilized in a future war with NATO.
Or another?

hatzel
7th May 2011, 17:11
My favourite thing about the good ol' Nartseez is that they consider that great thinker, Nietzsche, to have given a philosophical basis to their ideology...


"Let no more Jews come in! And shut the doors, especially towards the East (also towards Austria)!"--thus commands the instinct of a people whose nature is still feeble and uncertain, so that it could be easily wiped out, easily extinguished, by a stronger race. The Jews, however, are beyond all doubt the strongest, toughest, and purest race at present living in Europe [...] A thinker who has the future of Europe at heart, will, in all his perspectives concerning the future, calculate upon the Jews, as he will calculate upon the Russians, as above all the surest and likeliest factors in the great play and battle of forces. [...] It is certain that the Jews, if they desired--or if they were driven to it, as the anti-Semites seem to wish--COULD now have the ascendancy, nay, literally the supremacy, over Europe, that they are NOT working and planning for that end is equally certain. Meanwhile, they rather wish and desire, even somewhat importunely, to be insorbed and absorbed by Europe, they long to be finally settled, authorized, and respected somewhere, and wish to put an end to the nomadic life, to the "wandering Jew",--and one should certainly take account of this impulse and tendency, and MAKE ADVANCES to it (it possibly betokens a mitigation of the Jewish instincts) for which purpose it would perhaps be useful and fair to banish the anti-Semitic bawlers out of the country.

...oh...OH! Yeah, I totally get it. Well, at least they're willing to admit they've got a serious case of this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferiority_complex) going on :)