Dave Farber
2018-11-30 03:31:30 UTC
Date: November 30, 2018 12:17:03 JST
Subject: Re: [IP] Using information security to explain why disinformation makes autocracies stronger and democracies weaker
Dickinson: "Perhaps not. But don't forget that most men without property would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor."
-------------------------------------------Subject: Re: [IP] Using information security to explain why disinformation makes autocracies stronger and democracies weaker
A widely held belief on the political right is that the most important "freedom" is private property rights, and since rich people are always outnumbered by poor people, subscribers to this ideology hold that "freedom is incompatible with democracy," because in a fair vote, the majority 99% will vote to redistribute the fortunes of the minority 1%. In this conception, the rich are the only "oppressed minority" who can't be defended by democracy.
Hancock: "Fortunately there are not enough men of property in America to dictate policy."Dickinson: "Perhaps not. But don't forget that most men without property would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor."
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